Regius Professor of Astronomy, Glasgow
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The Regius Chair of Astronomy is a Regius Professorship in the University of Glasgow.
Founded in 1760 with the title Practical Astronomy (and with the office of Observer in the University) the title was changed in 1893.
[edit] Regius Professors of Astronomy
- Alexander Wilson MA MD (1760)
- Patrick Wilson LLD (1784)
- William Meikleham MA LLD (1799)
- James Couper MA DD (1803)
- John Pringle Nichol MA LLD (1836)
- Robert Grant MA LLD FRS (1859)
- Ludwig Wilhelm Emil Ernst Becker PhD (1893)
- William Marshall Smart MA BSc LLD (1937)
- Peter Allan Sweet MA PhD (1959)
- John Campbell Brown BSc PhD DSc FRSE FRAS, Astronomer Royal for Scotland
[edit] References
- Who, What and Where: The History and Constitution of the University of Glasgow. Compiled by Michael Moss, Moira Rankin and Lesley Richmond)
