John Flamsteed

John Flamsteed

male, deceased (1719)
Old Derbeian, Jesus College, Cambridge, derby school, Royal Society, uranus, Taurus…Astronomers Royal, Fellow of the Royal Society, Astronomer Royal, RoyalGreenwichObservatory
John Flamsteed was an English astronomer. Flamsteed was born in Denby, Derbyshire, England, and was educated at Derby School and Jesus College,...
Margaret Burbidge

Margaret Burbidge

female, 90 years old
University of Chicago, National Medal of Science recipient, University College, London, Carnegie Institution of Washington, Cambridge, England, RoyalGreenwichObservatory…Mount Wilson Observatory, yerkes observatory, PhD at the University of London Observatory
Margaret Burbidge (born August 12, 1919) is a British astrophysicist, noted for original research and holding many administrative posts, including...
Harold Spencer Jones

Harold Spencer Jones

male, deceased (1960)
briton, Astronomers Royal, British, international astronomical union, parallax, Astronomer…Fellow of the Royal Society, Astronomer Royal, RoyalGreenwichObservatory
Sir Harold Spencer Jones KBE (March 29 1890 - November 3 1960) was a British astronomer. His surname was "Spencer Jones". In 1913 he became Chief...

John Pond

male, deceased (1836)
Westbury on Trym, Bristol, greenwich, westbury, quadrant, From London, English…Fellow of the Royal Society, Astronomers Royal, Royal Society, Astronomer Royal, RoyalGreenwichObservatory
John Pond (1767-7 September1836) was a renowned English astronomer who became the sixth Astronomer Royal, serving from 1811 to 1835. Pond was born...
Frank Watson Dyson

Frank Watson Dyson

male, deceased (1939)
Corona, Astronomer, British, halifax, solar eclipse, einstein…greenwich mean time, Astronomers Royal, Astronomer Royal, Astronomer Royal for Scotland, RoyalGreenwichObservatory
Sir Frank Watson Dyson (January 8 1868 - May 25 1939) was an English astronomer. He won scholarships to Heath Grammar School, Halifax and Cambridge...
Richard van der Riet Woolley

Richard van der Riet Woolley

male, deceased (1986)
Astronomer, cambridge university, British, university of cape town, canberra, greenwich…Astronomers Royal, South African Astronomical Observatory, Mount Wilson Observatory, Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society, Astronomer Royal
Sir Richard van der Riet Woolley (April 24 1906 - December 24 1986) was a British astronomer who became Astronomer Royal. His mother's maiden name...

Charles F. Dowd

male, deceased (1904)
railway, longitude, greenwich, Timekeeping, time zone, Appalachian Mountains…RoyalGreenwichObservatory
Charles F. Dowd (1825-1904) was a co-principal (with his wife Harriet M. Dowd) of the Temple Grove Ladies Seminary in Saratoga Springs, New York....
Charles Mason

Charles Mason

male, deceased (1786)
Astronomer, mason, Surveyor, moon, sailing to philadelphia, English…RoyalGreenwichObservatory
Charles Mason (1728-1786) was an English astronomer. Mason's early career was spent at the Royal Greenwich Observatory near London. He worked on...
Nigel Henbest

Nigel Henbest

male, 58 years old
British, physics, new scientist, leicester university, University of Cambridge, space…RoyalGreenwichObservatory
Nigel Henbest was born in 1951 and is a British astronomer educated in Northern Ireland and at Leicester University where he studied physics,...

Richard Ellis

male, 59 years old
professor, DPhil, Alumni of University College London, Alumni of the University of Oxford, Academic of Durham University, RoyalGreenwichObservatory…Fellow of the Royal Society
Richard Ellis FRS (born 25 May 1950, Colwyn Bay, Wales) is the Steele Professor of Astronomy at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech)....