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- Title
The Mackenzie King Diaries; A Total Solar Eclipse and Other Astronomical Notes.
- Authors
Muir, Clark
- Abstract
Mackenzie King's legacy is a complex, contradictory web between dedicated public service, prejudicial ideals and an active personal practice of spiritualism. Canada's 10th and longest-serving Prime Minister's personal diaries preserve all of this and more. Several King biographies written over many decades deal extensively with these topics. Long before King was Prime Minister his diaries contain day-to-day entries of a young man and his travels. King was born in 1874 December 17. His first entries start in 1893 and continued through to literally just days before his death on 1950 July 22. Contained within the King diaries are personal stories and experiences that all of us can relate to even if they are not significant in the big picture of shaping our nation. Here we explore many of the astronomically themed observations and writings of a former Prime Minister. A few are mundane but others are fascinating. They include several lunar and solar eclipses, one totality. Numerous aurora displays are featured including some that were spectacular. Visits to Observatories and other musings are also examined. All quotes by King are in italics and appear as they were transcribed.
- Subjects
TOTAL solar eclipses; LUNAR eclipses; SOLAR eclipses; PRIME ministers; MUNICIPAL services; BIOGRAPHY writing
- Publication
Journal of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada, 2022, Vol 116, Issue 4, p143
- ISSN
0035-872X
- Publication type
Article