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gptkb:person
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gptkb:Royal_Medal
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gptkbp:birthDate
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1819-01-03
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gptkbp:birthPlace
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gptkb:Naples
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gptkbp:deathDate
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1900-02-21
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gptkb:Ripon
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gptkbp:education
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gptkb:Bedford_School
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gptkb:William_Henry_Smyth
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gptkb:astronomy
photography
pyramidology
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gptkb:FRAS
gptkb:FRS
gptkb:FRSE
FRSSA
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gptkb:Flinders_Petrie
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gptkb:Giuseppe_Piazzi
gptkb:William_Henry_Smyth
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gptkbp:knownFor
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pyramidology
astronomical observations at high altitudes
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gptkb:Royal_Astronomical_Society
gptkb:Royal_Society
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British
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Early use of photography in astronomy
Pioneered use of mountain observatories
Promoted metric system in Britain
Surveyed the Great Pyramid of Giza
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gptkbp:notableWork
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Our Inheritance in the Great Pyramid
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gptkb:astronomer
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Charles Piazzi Smyth portrait.jpg
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gptkb:Astronomer_Royal_for_Scotland
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Our Inheritance in the Great Pyramid
Life and Work at the Great Pyramid
Teneriffe, an Astronomer's Experiment
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gptkb:Edinburgh
gptkb:Ripon
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gptkbp:restingPlace
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St. John's Churchyard, Sharow, Ripon
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gptkbp:signature
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Charles Piazzi Smyth signature.svg
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gptkbp:spouse
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Jessica Duncan
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gptkb:Royal_Observatory,_Edinburgh
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Charles Piazzi Smyth
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