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E.M. Lindsay (1907-1974) : A Collection of Memories QUOTES : “Where there is a shadow, somewhere there must be light.” - Eric M Lindsay “there is no doubt that Lindsay has played a not inconsiderable part in its history to date. For this, quite apart from anything else he will long be remembered in South Africa.” - Boyden Observatory. 12 March, 1975 “Eric Lindsay responded to the need to inform the public about astronomy and has left the people of Northern Ireland a superb legacy in the shape of Armagh Planetarium. He always encouraged the younger generation to take a deeper interest in astronomical problems. There are many of us who remember that encouragement with affection.” - Derek McNally, University of London Observatory “Irish people, north and south, will remember him as the Scientist who did much to bring together N. Ireland and the Irish Republic in a joint effort that will long stand as a shining example of all Irish Scientific Collaboration.” - Bart J. Bok “In Ireland, Eric Lindsay revolutionised astronomy” - Patrick Moore. O.B.E “...Eric Lindsay will be remembered for himself, friendly, sincere, gentle, with a ready smile, always ready to help…” - Charles D. Trimble., Irish Astronomical Society “…enormous transformation which has taken place during the regime of Dr. E. M. Lindsay…the ‘Golden Years’ of the Observatory…” - Pat Corvan. Armagh Observatory “ Lindsay's long association with South Africa and his energetic support first for establishing the ADH telescope at the Boyden station, and then in 1955 with the establishment of the Boyden Observatory as the first international observatory, involving Northern Ireland, Eire, Belgium, Germany, Sweden and the USA, led him in that country to becoming something of a legend in his own time.” - Patrick Moore. O.B.E, 1975 “ he was a devoted astronomer and a devoted Irishman.” - W H McCrea, 1975 “… through the Armagh Planetarium and his work with IAS and IAA he was regarded as the father of Irish amateur astronomy.” - D E Beesley, 1975 “ Lindsay's pioneering studies of the star clusters of the Magellanic Clouds produced remarkably complete and authoritative catalogues of these important objects.” - P W Hodge, 1975 “... how wonderful a thing it was that for the first time our two governments here had got together, and that they had been brought together for the first time through this joint intellectual project.” - É amon de Valera speaking to Eric Lindsay upon his success in achieving agreement between the North and South Irish governments on the ADH project. Far Left : E M Lindsay at a ship on vacation. Left : E M Lindsay having a snack at a shop near Harvard. Centre : E M Lindsay's walking stick with a photograph of E J Öpik who was also a director at the Armagh Observatory. Top Right : from left to right - E B Armstrong , Sheelagh Grew (Lindsay's secretary), E M Lindsay, E J Öpik. Bottom Right : S Grew, E B Armstrong, E M Lindsay, and E J Öpik projecting an image of the Sun onto a white card using the 10-inch Grubb refractor at Armagh Observatory. From Left to right - E M Lindsay, Jan Oort (stimulated radio astronomy, Oort Cloud of comets), Georges Lemaître (first proposed the 'Big Bang' theory), and J M Ramberg. From Left to Right - E J Öpik (later to become acting director), Richard Hayward (local Actor), Fred Whipple (proposer of the icy conglomerate comet model), and E M Lindsay. Top and Bottom : E M Lindsay ( Left ) and Harlow Shapley (director of Harvard College Observatory) ( right ) in director's office at Armagh Observatory, examining an ADH (Armagh-Dunsink- Harvard) photographic plate. Second from Left : A P FitzGerald. Front and Centre : H A Brück. Far Right Front row : E M Lindsay. 3 rd from Left 2 nd row from Front : Maire Brück (wife of H A Brück). 3 rd person from the Back : Vincent Deasy attending an IAS (Irish Astronomical Society) meeting at Belfast Castle. Sir Patrick Moore at his residence in Selsey, England. Left to Right : Bart Bok, Éamon de Valera (President of Ireland from 1959 until 1973), and E M Lindsay at de Valera’s residence in Dublin. Left to Right : E M Lindsay, A P FitzGerald, M J Bester (comet discoverer - Boyden Observatory) in South Africa. Text and design by E M Scullion with editing and images courtesy of John McFarland
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E.M. Lindsay (1907-1974) : A Collection of Memories
QUOTES :
“Where there is a shadow, somewhere there must be light.” - Eric M Lindsay
“there is no doubt that Lindsay has played a not inconsiderable part in its history to date. For this, quite apart from anything else he will long be remembered in South Africa.”
- Boyden Observatory. 12 March, 1975
“Eric Lindsay responded to the need to inform the public about astronomy and has left the people of Northern Ireland a superb legacy in the shape of Armagh Planetarium. He always encouraged the younger generation to take a deeper interest in astronomical problems. There are many of us who remember that encouragement with affection.”
- Derek McNally, University of London Observatory
“Irish people, north and south, will remember him as the Scientist who did much to bring together N. Ireland and the Irish Republic in a joint effort that will long stand as a shining example of all Irish Scientific Collaboration.” - Bart J. Bok
“In Ireland, Eric Lindsay revolutionised astronomy” - Patrick Moore. O.B.E
“...Eric Lindsay will be remembered for himself, friendly, sincere, gentle, with a ready smile, always ready to help…”
- Charles D. Trimble., Irish Astronomical Society
“…enormous transformation which has taken place during the regime of Dr. E. M. Lindsay…the ‘Golden Years’ of the Observatory…”
- Pat Corvan. Armagh Observatory
“Lindsay's long association with South Africa and his energetic support first for establishing the ADH telescope at the Boyden station, and then in 1955 with the establishment of the Boyden Observatory as the first international observatory, involving Northern Ireland, Eire, Belgium, Germany, Sweden and the USA, led him in that country to becoming something of a legend in his own time.” - Patrick Moore. O.B.E, 1975
“he was a devoted astronomer and a devoted Irishman.” - W H McCrea, 1975
“…through the Armagh Planetarium and his work with IAS and IAA he was regarded as the father of Irish amateur astronomy.” - D E Beesley, 1975
“Lindsay's pioneering studies of the star clusters of the Magellanic Clouds produced remarkably complete and authoritative catalogues of these important objects.” - P W Hodge, 1975
“... how wonderful a thing it was that for the first time our two governments here had got together, and that they had been brought together for the first time through this joint intellectual project.” - Éamon de Valera speaking to Eric Lindsay upon his success in achieving agreement between the North and South Irish governments on the ADH project.
Far Left : E M Lindsay at a ship on vacation. Left : E M Lindsay having a snack at a shop near Harvard. Centre : E M Lindsay's walking stick with a photograph of E J Öpik who was also a director at the Armagh Observatory. Top Right : from left to right - E B Armstrong , Sheelagh Grew (Lindsay's secretary), E M Lindsay, E J Öpik. Bottom Right : S Grew, E B Armstrong, E M Lindsay, and E J Öpik projecting an image of the Sun onto a white card using the 10-inch Grubb refractor at Armagh Observatory.
From Left to right - E M Lindsay, Jan Oort (stimulated radio astronomy, Oort Cloud of comets), Georges Lemaître (first proposed the 'Big Bang' theory), and J M Ramberg.
From Left to Right - E J Öpik (later to become acting director), Richard Hayward (local Actor), Fred Whipple (proposer of the icy conglomerate comet model), and E M Lindsay.
Top and Bottom : E M Lindsay (Left) and Harlow Shapley (director of Harvard College Observatory) (right) in director's office at Armagh Observatory, examining an ADH (Armagh-Dunsink-Harvard) photographic plate.
Second from Left : A P FitzGerald. Front and Centre : H A Brück. Far Right Front row : E M Lindsay. 3rd from Left 2nd
row from Front : Maire Brück (wife of H A Brück). 3rd person from the Back : Vincent Deasy attending an IAS (Irish Astronomical Society) meeting at Belfast Castle.
Sir Patrick Moore at his residence in Selsey, England.
Left to Right : Bart Bok, Éamon de Valera (President of Ireland from 1959 until 1973), and E M Lindsay at de Valera’s residence in Dublin.
Left to Right : E M Lindsay, A P FitzGerald, M J Bester (comet discoverer - Boyden Observatory) in South Africa.
Text and design by E M Scullion with editing and images courtesy of John McFarland
