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 Br ck
• 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

References

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