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Name	Walter Geoffrey Duffield
Born	12 August, 1879 Gawler, South Australia, Australia
Died	1 August, 1929 (aged 49) Mount Stromlo, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Cause of Death	pneumonia
Education *	Oxford House School (UK) (student) Queen's School (Chester, UK) (student, 1890-1895) St Peter's College (Adelaide) (student, 1896-1897) University of Adelaide (student, 1898-1900) Cambridge University (UK) (student, 1901-1902) University of Manchester (UK) (student, 1904-1907)
Occupation *	academic (1910-1923) Overseas astronomer (1910-1923) Overseas defence forces personnel (British) (1914-1919) Overseas astronomer (1924-1929) Federal, Australia
Awards	Angas engineering scholarship (University of Adelaide) (recipient, 1900)
Key Organisations *	Rotary Club of Canberra (founding member) Royal Astronomical Society, London (fellow, 1908-1929)
Workplaces *	University of Reading (UK) (academic, 1910-1923) Mount Stromlo Observatory (ACT) (founding director, 1924-1929)

* Dates are approximate

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