| A. M. W. Downing |
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| CATEGORIES ABOUT ARTHUR MATTHEW WELD DOWNING | |
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| 1917 deaths | |
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He became an assistant at the Royal Greenwich Observatory in 1873 . He became superintendent of HM Nautical Almanac Office from 1891 to 1910 . He collaborated with his US counterpart Simon Newcomb in establishing an international standard for astronomical constants. EXTERNAL LINKS Obituaries |