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Astronomer Royal for Scotland
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
1995-2019
John Campbell Brown