Astronomer Royal for Scotland
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Astronomer Royal for Scotland was the title of the director of the Royal Observatory, Edinburgh until 1995.[1] It has since been an honorary title.[2]
The following have served as Astronomers Royal for Scotland:
- 1834–1844 Thomas Henderson
- 1846–1888 Charles Piazzi Smyth
- 1889–1905 Ralph Copeland
- 1905–1910 Sir Frank Watson Dyson
- 1910–1937 Ralph Allen Sampson
- 1938–1955 William Michael Herbert Greaves
- 1957–1975 Hermann Brück
- 1975–1980 Vincent Cartledge Reddish
- 1980–1990 Malcolm Longair
- 1991–1995 In abeyance
- 1995–present John Campbell Brown
See also
- Edinburgh Astronomical Institution
- City Observatory
- Royal Observatory, Edinburgh
- Astronomer Royal
- Royal Astronomer of Ireland
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