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Sir Charles Todd [B 12210] • Photograph

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Summary

Sir Charles and Lady Todd arrived in Adelaide in 1855. His wife, Alice Gillian Bell was the namesake of Alice Springs. Their daughter Gwendoline married William Henry Bragg and was the mother of William Lawrence Bragg, both of whom shared the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1915. Charles Todd worked at the Greenwich Observatory and Cambridge University. Later he was engaged by the South Australian Government as astronomical and meteorological observer. In 1859 Todd conceived the idea of the transcontinental line from Adelaide to Darwin. The line was completed by 1872. His next great work was the line of 1000 miles from Eucla establishing communication from Adelaide to Perth. He worked for the South Australian and Commonwealth Governments for 51 years

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Physical description

Photograph; 13.9 cm x 9.0 cm

Dates / Publication details

1855

Collection

Part of Portrait Collection

Subject

Todd, Alice, 1836-1898
Todd, Charles, Sir, 1826-1910

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Date

14/02/2006

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2,085 x 3,254 pixels (6.8 MP)

Size

20.39 MB

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