Astronomer Royal for Scotland was the title of the director of the Royal Observatory, Edinburgh until 1995. It has since been an honorary title.
Astronomers Royal for Scotland
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! !! Image !! Name !! Start year !! End year
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| 1 || 100px || Thomas Henderson || 1834 || 1844
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| 2 || 100px || Charles Piazzi Smyth || 1846 || 1888
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| 3 || 100px || Ralph Copeland || 1889 || 1905
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| 4 || 100px || Sir Frank Watson Dyson || 1905 || 1910
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| 5 || 100px || Ralph Allen Sampson || 1910 || 1937
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| 6 || 100px || William Michael Herbert Greaves || 1938 || 1955
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| 7 || 100px || Hermann Brück || 1957 || 1975
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| 8 || 100px || Vincent Cartledge Reddish || 1975 || 1980
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| 9 || 100px || Malcolm Longair || 1980 || 1990
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| – || || In abeyance || 1991 || 1995
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| 10 || 100px || John Campbell Brown || 1995 || 2019
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| – || || None || 2019 || 2021
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| 11 || 100px || Catherine Heymans || May 2021 || Incumbent
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See also
- Edinburgh Astronomical Institution
- City Observatory
- Royal Observatory, Edinburgh
- Astronomer Royal
- Royal Astronomer of Ireland