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27: 337: 347: 342: 332: 37: 211:. Within a few years Allen had built up his observatory into one of the best astronomical departments in England. He published the first edition of 258: 215:
in 1955, a compilation of numerical data of astrophysical interest. Universally known as "AQ", it is the most quoted book on the subject.
245: 204: 181: 127: 162: 250: 166: 52: 95: 67: 174: 74: 200: 119: 165:(B.Sc., 1926; M.Sc., 1929; D.Sc., 1936). Allen was appointed to a research fellowship at the newly established 158: 81: 146: 63: 192:, including measurements of its electron density which were to prove invaluable to radio astronomers. 327: 322: 307:
Interview with Clabon Allen, Professor of Astronomy / Interviewer: Amy MacGrath. (sound recording)
240: 272: 264: 254: 306: 142: 88: 138: 316: 196: 170: 189: 185: 154: 26: 123: 268: 276: 208: 157:-born trained nurse. Cla (as he was known) was educated at the High School, 300: 44: 20: 122:, (28 December 1904 – 11 December 1987) was an Australian 48: 141:
the third child of James Bernard Allen (died 1912), a
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