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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. It has since been an honorary title.

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

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