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John Stanley Plaskett

A black and white photograph of a man sitting at a writing desk, He is sitting on a wooden chair and looking at papers on the desk

Royal Astronomical Society of Canada

John Stanley Plaskett at work at the University of Toronto. Plaskett worked at the University between 1890 and 1903. While working there he did a degree in Physics between 1895 and 1899. He was encouraged to pursue a degree by his wife Rebecca Hope Hemley. When Plaskett moved to the Dominion Observatory in 1903, his brother Thomas took on his job at the University.