Abstract:For the almost three centuries from the appointment of John Flamsteed in 1675 to the retirement of Richard Woolley in 1971, the office of Director of the Royal Observatory and the title Astronomer Royal were deemed inseparable (although just at the outset there had been slight variability in the title’s wording). Flamsteed and his successors were all among Britain’s most distinguished scientists. They included Edmond Halley, in office 1720-42, probably the greatest scientist of the generation after Newton; Jam… Show more
“…Richard van der Riet Woolley ) was an English astronomer who became the eleventh Astronomer Royal. An anecdote is mentioned by the British astronomer and mathematician William McCrea (1904McCrea ( -1999, who joined Imperial College London from 1932 to 1936 as a Lecturer and met Rosenberg there [79]: 19. He obtained first class honours in both.…”
“…Richard van der Riet Woolley ) was an English astronomer who became the eleventh Astronomer Royal. An anecdote is mentioned by the British astronomer and mathematician William McCrea (1904McCrea ( -1999, who joined Imperial College London from 1932 to 1936 as a Lecturer and met Rosenberg there [79]: 19. He obtained first class honours in both.…”
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