C.C.L. Gregory
Born
Christopher Clive Langton Gregory

13 May 1892
Parkstone, Dorset, England
Died24 November 1964(1964-11-24) (aged 72)
Crookham-with-Ewshott, Hampshire, England
OccupationAstronomer
Spouses
  • Helen Patricia
(m. 1954)
ChildrenRichard Gregory

Christopher Clive Langton Gregory (13 May 1892 – 24 November 1964) was a British astronomer, who established the University of London Observatory.[1]

Gregory was born in Parkstone, Dorset and lived in Swanage, Dorset in 1911 and in Hendon, Middlesex in 1939. He died in Crookham-with-Ewshott, Hampshire.[2]

His son by his first wife, Helen Patricia (née Gibson), was the psychologist Richard Gregory (1923–2010). His second wife was Anita (née Kohsen).

The National Portrait Gallery has a photograph of Gregory taken in 1939.[3]

References

  1. "Christopher Clive Langton Gregory (obituary)". Quarterly Journal of the Royal Astronomical Society. 7: 81. 1966. Bibcode:1966QJRAS...7...81.
  2. https://ancestors.familysearch.org/en/LCDC-51N/christopher-clive-langton-gregory-1892-1964
  3. "Christopher Clive Langton Gregory - National Portrait Gallery". Retrieved 26 September 2018.


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