Astronomer Royal for Scotland

Astronomer Royal for Scotland was the title of the director of the Royal Observatory, Edinburgh until 1995.^[1] It has since been an honorary title.^[2]

Astronomers Royal for Scotland

No.	Image	Name	Start year	End year
1		Thomas Henderson	1834	1844
2		Charles Piazzi Smyth	1846	1888
3		Ralph Copeland	1889	1905
4		Sir Frank Watson Dyson	1905	1910
5		Ralph Allen Sampson	1910	1937
6		William Michael Herbert Greaves	1938	1955
7		Hermann Brück	1957	1975
8		Vincent Cartledge Reddish	1975	1980
9		Malcolm Longair	1980	1990
–		In abeyance	1991	1995
10		John Campbell Brown	1995	2019[3]
–		None	2019	2021
11		Catherine Heymans	May 2021[4]	Incumbent

See also

• Edinburgh Astronomical Institution
• City Observatory
• Royal Observatory, Edinburgh
• Astronomer Royal
• Royal Astronomer of Ireland