Astronomer Royal
Astronomer Royal adalah sebuah jabatan senior dalam Royal Households of the United Kingdom. Terdapat dua jabatan, jabatan senior tersebut digunakan pada Astronomer Royal dari 22 Juni 1675; yang kedua adalah Astronomer Royal for Scotland dari 1834.
Raja Charles II, yang mendirikan Royal Observatory Greenwich pada 1675 menginstruksikan Astronomer Royal pertama John Flamsteed.[1]
Dari waktu itu sampai 1972, Astronomer Royal menjadi Direktur Royal Observatory Greenwich.
Astronomers Royal
- 1675–1719 John Flamsteed
- 1720–1742 Edmond Halley
- 1742–1762 James Bradley
- 1762–1764 Nathaniel Bliss
- 1765–1811 Nevil Maskelyne
- 1811–1835 John Pond
- 1835–1881 Sir George Biddell Airy
- 1881–1910 Sir William Christie
- 1910–1933 Sir Frank Dyson
- 1933–1955 Sir Harold Spencer Jones
- 1956–1971 Sir Richard van Riet Woolley
- 1972–1982 Sir Martin Ryle
- 1982–1990 Sir Francis Graham-Smith
- 1991–1995 Sir Arnold Wolfendale
- 1995–sekarang Martin Rees, Baron Rees of Ludlow
Referensi
- ^ F Baily, "An Account of the Rev. John Flamsteed", reprinted in vol.28,at p.293. "The Museum of foreign literature, science and art", R Walsh et al., publ. E Litell, 1836.
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