Preston Centre in Cambridge in Waterloo Region, Ontario — Central Canada (North America)

Otto Julius Klotz

1852-1923

Photographed by Tim Boyd, October 19, 2024

1. Otto Julius Klotz Marker

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Born at Preston, Upper Canada, and educated at Toronto and Michigan Universities, Klotz joined the public service in 1879. For thirty years he was engaged in topographical surveys in British Columbia, the Canadian Northwest, and Alaska. Appointed Assistant Chief Astronomer in 1908, he became director of the Dominion Observatory in 1917. The author of many papers on astronomy and geography, he was elected to fellowship in the Royal Society of Canada in 1910. He died at Ottawa.

Né à Preston (Haut-Canada), Klotz étudia à Toronto et au Michigan. Entré au service public en 1879, il oeuvra pendant trente ans aux levés topographiques en Colombie-Britannique, au Nord-Ouest canadien et en Alaska. Astronome-chef adjoint en 1908, il devint directeur de l'Observatoire du Dominion en 1917. Il publia nombre d'articles portant sur l'astronomie et la geographie et devint membre de la Sociêté royale du Canada en 1910. Il mourut à Ottawa.

Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada.
Commission des lieux et monuments historiques du Canada.

Erected by Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada.

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This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Science & Medicine. In addition, it is included in the Canada, Historic Sites and Monuments Board series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1879.

Location. 43° 23.81′ N, 80° 21.556′ W. Marker is in Cambridge, Ontario, in Waterloo Region. It is in Preston Centre. It is on Argyle Street North 0.1 kilometers north of King Street East, on the right when traveling north. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Cambridge ON N3H N3H, Canada. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in the Huron-Perth-Waterloo-Wellington Area

and in Southwestern Ontario.

It is also in Central Canada.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once a British colony,

the Viceroyalty of New France,

the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy,

and Rupert’s Land.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 5 kilometers of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Preston Towne Centre (within shouting distance of this marker); Preston Cenotaph (within shouting

Photographed by Tim Boyd, October 19, 2024

2. Otto Julius Klotz Marker

distance of this marker); The Founder of Preston (about 150 meters away, measured in a direct line); Blair Bridge (approx. 2.5 kilometers away); Galt - Berlin Railway (approx. 2.5 kilometers away); Waterloo Township Community Meeting House School and Burial Ground (approx. 3.3 kilometers away); Site of the Samuel Bechtel Meeting House and Burial Ground (approx. 3.3 kilometers away); First Mennonite Sunday School (approx. 4.4 kilometers away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Cambridge.

1901

3. Otto Julius Klotz, 1901

Source: Library and Archives Canada (public domain)

1905

4. The Dominion Observatory, Ottawa, 1905

Public domain

Credits. This page was last revised on October 25, 2024. It was originally submitted on October 25, 2024, by Tim Boyd of Hamilton, Ontario. This page has been viewed 130 times since then and 24 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on October 25, 2024, by Tim Boyd of Hamilton, Ontario. • Andrew Ruppenstein was the editor who published this page.