Astronomer Royal for Scotland

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Astronomer Royal for Scotland was originally the title of the director of the Royal Observatory, Edinburgh, but since 1995 it has simply been an honorary title. It is not to be confused with the Astronomer Royal, or Astronomer Royal for Ireland.

The complete list of Astronomers Royal for Scotland is given in the table below.

Thomas Henderson	1834 – 1844
Professor Charles Piazzi Smyth	1846 – 1888
Ralph Copeland	1889 – 1905
Frank Watson Dyson	1905 – 1910
Ralph Allen Sampson	1910 – 1937
Professor William Michael Herbert Greaves	1938 – 1955
Professor Hermann Alexander Brück	1957 – 1975
Professor Vincent Cartledge Reddish	1975 – 1980
Professor Malcolm Sim Longair	1980 – 1990
vacant	1991 – 1995
Professor John Campbell Brown	1995 –

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