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Sir George Biddell Airy
Sir George Biddell Airy 1801-92, English astronomer. The son of a poor farmer, he distinguished himself as Senior Wrangler at Cambridge, where he was elected fellow of Trinity College (1824) and appointed professor (1826). As Astronomer Royal and director of the Royal Greenwich Observatory from 183... Read more
Nevil Maskelyne
Nevil Maskelyne , 1732-1811, English astronomer. Maskelyne received his education at Westminster School and Trinity College, Cambridge. Appointed astronomer royal at the Royal Observatory in 1765, he held this post for 46 years. He introduced the determination of longitude by lunar distances into En... Read more
George Graham
George Graham 1674?-1751, English instrument maker. A clockmaker by trade, Graham designed clocks and watches that earned him membership in the Royal Society and were still manufactured into the present century. In 1725 he built a very accurate 8-ft (2.4-m) quadrant for the royal astronomer, Edmund... Read more
Royal Greenwich Observatory
Royal Greenwich Observatory astronomical observatory established in 1675 by Charles II of England; formerly known as the Royal Observatory and located at Greenwich, it moved to Herstmonceux Castle, Sussex, in 1946. In the 1990 new headquarters at Cambridge were opened. Its equipment includes the ... Read more
Sir Frank Watson Dyson
Sir Frank Watson Dyson , 1868-1939, English astronomer, b. Ashby-de-la-Zouch, grad. Cambridge. He was astronomer royal of Scotland (1905-10) and of England (from 1910). As director (1910-33) of Greenwich Observatory he greatly expanded its research activities and inaugurated (1928) the wireless tran... Read more
Sir David Gill
Sir David Gill , 1843-1914, Scottish astronomer, educated at the Univ. of Aberdeen. He made observations of the transits of Venus and Mars and investigated the solar parallax. As astronomer royal (1879-1907) at the Cape of Good Hope, he carried out the geodetic survey of Natal and Cape Colony and or... Read more
Edward Emerson Barnard
Edward Emerson Barnard 1857-1923, American astronomer, b. Nashville, Tenn., grad. Vanderbilt Univ., 1887. From 1887 to 1895 he was astronomer at Lick Observatory in California, and from 1895 he was professor of practical astronomy at the Univ. of Chicago and astronomer at Yerkes Observatory. The di... Read more
Charles Babbage
Charles Babbage , 1792-1871, English mathematician and inventor. He devoted most of his life and expended much of his private fortune and a government subsidy in an attempt to perfect a mechanical calculating machine that foreshadowed present-day machines. He was a founder of the Royal Astronomical ... Read more
Greenwich mean time
Greenwich mean time or Greenwich meridian time (GMT), the former name for mean solar time at the original site of the Royal Observatory in Greenwich, England, which is located on the prime meridian . In 1925 the numbering system was changed to make GMT equivalent to civil time at the prime m... Read more
John Winthrop
John Winthrop 1714-79, American scientist, b. Boston, Mass., grad. Harvard, 1732. Because of his study of earthquakes, he is sometimes called the founder of seismology. He made scientific observations of sunspots and other astronomical phenomena, lectured on electricity, and was the first important... Read more

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Royal Greenwich Observatory
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...director until 1972, the director of the observatory held the title of astronomer royal. Among the noted directors have been Flamsteed, Edmond Halley...and E. Margaret Burbidge, who was the first director not to be astronomer royal.
Thomas Gold
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...principal scientific officer with the Royal Greenwich Observatory. As chief assistant to the Astronomer Royal, Gold oversaw the varied research...decades later. When the mantle of Astronomer Royal passed to a new man Gold decided...
Sir William Rowan Hamilton
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...astronomy at Trinity College and astronomer royal of Ireland. The following year...In 1824 he presented to the Royal Irish Academy a paper, "On Caustics...Observatory of Dunsink, the title of astronomer royal of Ireland, and a spacious lodging...
nautical almanac
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea ...for the navigator and nautical astronomer. The earliest nautical almanac...celestes published in Paris under royal patent by the Bureau des Longitudes...a practicable possibility. The Astronomer Royal, Nevil Maskelyne, was therefore...
Sir Frank Watson Dyson
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...Watson Dyson , 1868-1939, English astronomer, b. Ashby-de-la-Zouch, grad. Cambridge. He was astronomer royal of Scotland (1905-10) and of...uncharted stars. A fellow of the Royal Society from 1901, he was knighted...
James Bradley
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition James Bradley 1693-1762, English astronomer. His discovery of the aberration of light, announced in...earth around the sun. In 1742 Bradley became the third Astronomer Royal. Under his direction the observatory at Greenwich was supplied...
Halley, Edmond
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to British History Halley, Edmond (1656–1742). Astronomer, remembered because his name is attached to a comet...became professor of astronomy at Oxford, and in 1720 astronomer-royal. He computed the orbits of several comets, and deduced...
Stephen Gray
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...an account of a magnifying glass that interested the Royal Society and from then on he frequently sent the Society and his patron, English Astronomer Royal John Flamsteed, ideas for simple but revealing experiments...
Futurology
Encyclopedia entry from: International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences ...Wiener and Bell books imagined the fall of the Soviet Union and the birth of the World Wide Web. In 2003 British astronomer Royal Sir Martin Rees examined realistic scenarios for many of the ways humankind could become extinct during this century...
John Flamsteed
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography John Flamsteed The English astronomer John Flamsteed (1646-1719), the first astronomer royal, was the author of an important set...astronomical observator," the first astronomer royal. Flamsteed's position was difficult...

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Astronomer Royal
Book article from: A Dictionary of Astronomy Astronomer Royal An honorary title held by a prominent British astronomer, created in 1675 by King Charles II when the Royal Observatory was founded. Until 1971 the Astronomer Royal was also Director of the Royal Greenwich Observatory...
Astronomer Royal for Scotland
Book article from: A Dictionary of Astronomy Astronomer Royal for Scotland A title created in 1834, originally given to the director for the Royal Observatory at Edinburgh but since 1995 a separate honorary position.
Dyson, Frank Watson
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography ...Observatory at Greenwich in 1894; astronomer royal for Scotland in 1905; and in...Greenwich to become the eleventh astronomer royal. It was by cooperation in...Dyson ’ s tenure as astronomer royal; it was first used in April...
Christie, Samuel Hunter
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography ...Christie was elected a fellow of the Royal Society on 12 January 1826, frequently...future Sir William H. M. Christie, astronomer royal from 1881 to 1922. Samuel H. Christie was a vice-president of the Royal Astronomical Society and one of...
Flamsteed, John
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography ...the enthusiastic master of the royal ordinance was attempting to organize...100. With his appointment as astronomer royal and his removal to Greenwich...Halley and at Burstow by another astronomer, James Pound, an uncle of James...
Proctor, Richard Anthony
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography ...astronomy in a literary context. As an astronomer he was prone to speculation, and...long served as an officer of the Royal Astronomical Society, contributing...December 1874 was to be used. The astronomer royal, Sir George Airy, had announced...
Glaisher, James
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography ...Cambridge observatory; when Airy became astronomer royal in 1835, Glaisher soon followed...Glaisher was elected a fellow of the Royal Society in 1849 and took a leading...founding of the British (now the Royal) Meteorological Society in 1850...
Mason, Charles
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography ...1756 he joined the staff of the Royal Observatory as assistant to the...expedition was sponsored by the Royal Society as part of an international...named by Nathaniel Bliss ’ astronomer royal ’ to go the American colonies...
Bird, John
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography ...first major order in 1749. The astronomer royal, James Bradley, had applied to...construction of new instruments for the Royal Observatory at Greenwich. Bradley...produced similar instruments for the Royal Observatory at Paris and for the...
Clark, Josiah Latimer
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography ...astronomy; in 1857 he helped Airy, the astronomer royal develop a telegraphic system for...Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society 164 (1874) 1 – 14. OPther papres are listed in the Royal Society, Cataloogue of Scientific...

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Flamsteed's Stars: New Perspectives on the Life and Work of the First Astronomer Royal (1646-1719).(Review)
Magazine article from: Canadian Journal of History; 8/1/2000; ; 700+ words ; ...the Life and Work of the First Astronomer Royal (1646-1719), edited by...ownership and publication of the Astronomer Royal's star charts and data, with...his institutional position as Astronomer Royal. Bennett contrasts Flamsteed...
Features: Magician of the spheres Sir Martin Rees, Astronomer Royal, has packed 30 years of cosmic insight into a slim volume of just 282 pages. Robert Matthews asks him some Big Questions
Newspaper article from: The Sunday Telegraph London; 2/2/1997; ; 700+ words ; ...loners. And if you are the Astronomer Royal, you get letters from cranks...nearest departmental bin. As 15th Astronomer Royal - a post once held by Edmond...comes as a bit of a shock. The Astronomer Royal mulling over the cosmic ideas...
Wal-Mart seeks time warp from the Astronomer Royal
News Wire article from: AP Worldstream; 11/19/2007; 539 words ; ...retailer said it is asking London's Royal National Observatory to declare...not say why it had approached the Royal National Observatory for the day...response from Martin Rees, the Astronomer Royal. The retailer did not immediately...
CSIRO astronomer elected to UK Royal Society.
M2 Presswire; 5/30/2005; 700+ words ; ...30 May 2005-CSIRO: CSIRO astronomer elected to UK Royal Society(C)1994-2005 M2...30052005 Founded in 1660, the Royal Society is the oldest scientific...Science and a Foreign Member of the Royal Dutch Academy of Science; in...
Astronomer royal talks on physics, history
Newspaper article from: Deseret News (Salt Lake City); 3/5/2008; ; 700+ words ; ...Wolfendale, Great Britain's 14th astronomer royal, a listener asked him if the...his audience chuckle. He was astronomer royal from 1990-95, when he stepped...phenomena. During his tenure as astronomer royal, Wolfendale noted, he delighted...
Horse Racing: Astronomer Royal fails to double up for Ballydoyle in Turf Mile; REPORT: USA (Saturday) Shadwell Turf Mile G1 Kenneland 1m (turf).(Sports)
Newspaper article from: The Racing Post (London, England); 10/8/2007; 700+ words ; Byline: Dan Farley ASTRONOMER ROYAL could finish only sixth of nine behind 20-1 shot Purim as...Breeders' Cup trials across the States, writes Dan Farley. Astronomer Royal was sent off 3-1 favourite for the EUR650,000 event, but...
FOCUS LIGHT FROM THE DARKNESS: Total revelations Sir Martin Rees, the Astronomer Royal, explains why next week's total eclipse of the Sun, the first to be seen in Britain since 1927, has such significance for scientists - and everyone else
Newspaper article from: The Sunday Telegraph London; 8/1/1999; ; 700+ words ; ...orbit. Edmund Halley, the second Astronomer Royal, is best known for his comet...and elaborate calculations. The Royal Greenwich Observatory was set...accurate navigation. The title "Astronomer Royal" dates from that period. There...
Derby man produced definitive star atlas ; Britain's first Astronomer Royal was a Derby man, John Flamsteed. Appointed just 328 years ago today, Maxwell Craven examines his invaluable contribution to our knowledge of the universe.
Newspaper article from: Derby Evening Telegraph; 3/4/2008; 700+ words ; Britain's first Astronomer Royal was a Derby man, John Flamsteed. Appointed just 328 years...the universe. Exactly 328 years ago today, Britain's first Astronomer Royal was appointed by Charles II. There were hard-headed economics...
Horse Racing: Astronomer Royal aimed at Keeneland test.(Sports)
Newspaper article from: The Racing Post (London, England); 10/4/2007; 700+ words ; ...the act, sending his French 2,000 Guineas winner Astronomer Royal across the Atlantic for Saturday's Grade 1 Shadwell...opening weekend, dubbed 'FallStars Weekend'. Astronomer Royal, a son of Danzig, was seventh behind Darjina in...
What do the Astronomer Royal and `Dracula' have in common?
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London; 11/23/2000; ; 700+ words ; WHAT DOES Sir Martin Rees, Astronomer Royal, have in common with the actor Christopher Lee...Institute of Astronomy in Cambridge, who is also the Astronomer Royal, occupies the same starry position among his peers...