Background
WHITTAKER, Edmund Taylor was born in 1873. Son of John Whittaker, Birkdale.
WHITTAKER, Edmund Taylor was born in 1873. Son of John Whittaker, Birkdale.
Studied at Manchester Grammar School. Trinity College Camb. Doctor of Science.
Honourable Dublin; Royal Astronomer of Ireland since 1906; Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge, 1896-1907; Secretary to Royal Astronomical Society, 1901-1906.
Fellow of the Royal Society 1905.
Spouse 1901, Mary, daughter of Rev. Thos. Boyd.