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Entry Corporate Name

Number of records used in: 5

001 - CONTROL NUMBER

control field: 7226

003 - CONTROL NUMBER IDENTIFIER

control field: DLC

005 - DATE AND TIME OF LATEST TRANSACTION

control field: 20240724175203.0

008 - FIXED-LENGTH DATA ELEMENTS

fixed length control field: 811008n| azannaabn |a ana

010 ## - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CONTROL NUMBER

LC control number: n 81113094

016 ## - NATIONAL BIBLIOGRAPHIC AGENCY CONTROL NUMBER

Record control number: 1030D1174E

035 ## - SYSTEM CONTROL NUMBER

System control number: (OCoLC)oca00658121

040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE

Original cataloging agency: DLC
Language of cataloging: eng
Description conventions: rda
Transcribing agency: DLC
Modifying agency: OCoLC
Modifying agency: Uk
Modifying agency: DLC
Modifying agency: CaOONL
Modifying agency: OCoLC

042 ## - AUTHENTICATION CODE

Authentication code: nlc

046 ## - SPECIAL CODED DATES

Start period: 1675
Source of date scheme: edtf

110 2# - HEADING--CORPORATE NAME

Corporate name or jurisdiction name as entry element: Royal Observatory, Greenwich

368 ## - OTHER ATTRIBUTES OF PERSON OR CORPORATE BODY

Type of corporate body: Astronomical observatories
Type of corporate body: Research institutes
Type of corporate body: Astronomical museums
Source: lcsh

370 ## - ASSOCIATED PLACE

Associated country: Great Britain
Place of residence/headquarters: Greenwich (London, England)
Other associated place: Abinger Common (England)
Source of term: naf

372 ## - FIELD OF ACTIVITY

Field of activity: Astronomy
Field of activity: Navigation
Field of activity: Time measurements
Field of activity: Astronomical instruments
Field of activity: Prime Meridian
Source of term: lcsh

377 ## - ASSOCIATED LANGUAGE

Language code: eng

410 1# - SEE FROM TRACING--CORPORATE NAME

Corporate name or jurisdiction name as entry element: Great Britain.
Subordinate unit: Royal Observatory, Greenwich

410 1# - SEE FROM TRACING--CORPORATE NAME

Corporate name or jurisdiction name as entry element: Greenwich (London, England).
Subordinate unit: Royal Observatory

410 2# - SEE FROM TRACING--CORPORATE NAME

Corporate name or jurisdiction name as entry element: National Maritime Museum (Great Britain).
Subordinate unit: Royal Observatory, Greenwich

410 2# - SEE FROM TRACING--CORPORATE NAME

Corporate name or jurisdiction name as entry element: Royal Museums Greenwich.
Subordinate unit: Royal Observatory, Greenwich

510 2# - SEE ALSO FROM TRACING--CORPORATE NAME

Control subfield: r
Relationship information: Predecessor:
Corporate name or jurisdiction name as entry element: Old Royal Observatory (Greenwich, London, England)
Authority record control number or standard number: (DLC)nb2013012169

510 2# - SEE ALSO FROM TRACING--CORPORATE NAME

Control subfield: r
Relationship information: Product of split:
Corporate name or jurisdiction name as entry element: Old Royal Observatory (Greenwich, London, England)
Authority record control number or standard number: (DLC)nb2013012169

510 2# - SEE ALSO FROM TRACING--CORPORATE NAME

Control subfield: r
Relationship information: Product of split:
Corporate name or jurisdiction name as entry element: Royal Greenwich Observatory
Authority record control number or standard number: (DLC)n 50059856

670 ## - SOURCE DATA FOUND

Source citation: Its Library. A catalogue of books belonging to the Library ... 1827:
Information found: t.p. (Royal Observatory, Greenwich)

670 ## - SOURCE DATA FOUND

Source citation: Hurstmonceux, Eng. Royal Greenwich Observatory. Report of the Astronomer Royal, 1948/49,
Information found: p. 32 (Royal Observatory is being moved from Greenwich to Hurstmonceux; name to be changed to Royal Greenwich Observatory to preserve connection with Greenwich) 1955/56, p. 3 (total evacuation of buildings at Greenwich and Abinger pending) [Abinger was site of magnetic observation station since 1923. Cf. Columbia Lipp. gaz., under Abinger]

670 ## - SOURCE DATA FOUND

Source citation: Abinger & Coldharbour parish news, Aug. 1999
Information found: (Abinger Common: location of a house called "The Old Observatory" which together with the land in which it stands formed an outpost of the Royal Greenwich Observatory from 1924 until 1957)

670 ## - SOURCE DATA FOUND

Source citation: Britannica, academic edition, website, 13 June 2013:
Information found: under Royal Greenwich Observatory (astronomical observatory and, until its closure in 1998, the oldest scientific research institution in Great Britain; founded for navigational purposes in 1675; primary contributions were in practical astronomy: navigation, timekeeping, determination of star positions, and almanac publication)

670 ## - SOURCE DATA FOUND

Source citation: Wikipedia, 13 June 2013
Information found: (Royal Observatory, Greenwich; formerly the Royal Greenwich Observatory or RGO; commissioned in 1675; in 1924, the Magnetic and Meteorological Department moved to Abinger; in 1939, many departments were evacuated to the countryside (Abinger, Bradford, and Bath) and activities in Greenwich were reduced to the bare minimum; in 1948, the Astronomer Royal moved to Herstmonceux Castle; in 1957, the Royal Observatory completed its move to Herstmonceux, becoming the Royal Greenwich Observatory (RGO); the Greenwich site became the Old Royal Observatory; in 1990, the RGO moved to Cambridge; in 1998, the RGO closed and the Greenwich site became the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, again, part of the National Maritime Museum)

670 ## - SOURCE DATA FOUND

Source citation: Royal Museums Greenwich. Annual review 2011/12:
Information found: p.1 (in June 2011 Her Majesty The Queen formally approved Royal Museums Greenwich (RMG) as the new collective title for the National Maritime Museum, Queen's House, Royal Observatory, and Cutty Sark) back cover (Royal Observatory Greenwich)

670 ## - SOURCE DATA FOUND

Source citation: Royal Museums Greenwich website, 13 June 2013:
Information found: home p. (Royal Observatory Greenwich, home of Greenwich Mean Time and the Prime Meridian of the World) under Royal Observatory (location: Royal Observatory, Blackheath Avenue, Greenwich, London SE10 8XJ; collections of scientific, especially astronomical, instruments)

678 1# - BIOGRAPHICAL OR HISTORICAL DATA

Biographical or historical data: The Royal Greenwich Observatory was commissioned in 1675. In 1957 the Royal Observatory completed its move to Herstmonceux, becoming the Royal Greenwich Observatory, with the Greenwich site became the Old Royal Observatory. In 1990 the Royal Greenwich Observatory closed and the Greenwich site resumed its earlier name.