Astronomer Royal for Scotland
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Astronomer Royal for Scotland was originally the title of the director of the Royal Observatory, Edinburgh, but since 1995 it has simply been an honorary title. It is not to be confused with the Astronomer Royal, or Astronomer Royal for Ireland.
The complete list of Astronomers Royal for Scotland is given in the table below.
| Thomas Henderson | 1834 – 1844 |
| Professor Charles Piazzi Smyth | 1846 – 1888 |
| Ralph Copeland | 1889 – 1905 |
| Frank Watson Dyson | 1905 – 1910 |
| Ralph Allen Sampson | 1910 – 1937 |
| Professor William Michael Herbert Greaves | 1938 – 1955 |
| Professor Hermann Alexander Brück | 1957 – 1975 |
| Professor Vincent Cartledge Reddish | 1975 – 1980 |
| Professor Malcolm Sim Longair | 1980 – 1990 |
| vacant | 1991 – 1995 |
| Professor John Campbell Brown | 1995 – |
External links
- http://www.roe.ac.uk/roe/library/astroyal.html
- http://www.ast.cam.ac.uk/~ipswich/Miscellaneous/Edinburgh_Obs.htm
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