Hertfordshire

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Astronomers

Makers/manufacturers

Grubb Telescope Company/Sir Howard Gubb and Sons (c.1916-25), St. Albans, moved from Dublin by the Admiralty due to wartime conditions (U-boats) to protect manufacture of naval optics (periscopes etc). Company taken over by by Sir Charles Parsons and renamed Grubb-Parsons (see Dublin; Glass 1997, 213Grace’s Guide).

Observatories

Astronomy Groups

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