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Charles Adams (seismologist)

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Charles Edward Adams (1 October 1870 – 31 October 1945) was a New Zealand university lecturer, surveyor, astronomer and seismologist. His father, Charles William Adams, emigrated from Tasmania in 1862 and was also a surveyor and astronomer. Charles was born on 1 October 1870 in Lawrence, New Zealand, educated at the University of Canterbury (then Canterbury College) and then lectured at Lincoln University and Victoria University of Wellington[1] before becoming government astronomer.[2]

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  1. ^ "[one] — the college is founded | NZETC".
  2. ^ Smith, Warwick D. "Charles Edward Adams". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 23 April 2017.