Monday, 7 March 2011

The Astronomer 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 Richard van der Riet Woolley
1972–1982 Sir Martin Ryle
1982–1990 Sir Francis Graham-Smith
1991–1995 Sir Arnold Wolfendale
1995–present Martin Rees, Baron Rees of Ludlow

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