The Andrews Professor of Astronomy is a chair in astronomy in Trinity College Dublin, that was established in 1783 in conjunction with the establishment...
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Dunsink Observatory (redirect from List of directors of Dunsink Observatory)
for Advanced Studies List of astronomical observatories "The Andrews Professor of Astronomy of Astronomy (1783)". School of Physics. Trinity College Dublin...
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William Rowan Hamilton (category Members of the Prussian Academy of Sciences)
was an Irish mathematician, physicist and astronomer. He was Andrews Professor of Astronomy at Trinity College Dublin. Hamilton was Dunsink's third director...
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Franz Brünnow (category Directors of Dunsink Observatory)
University of Michigan. He succeeded William R Hamilton as Andrews Professor of Astronomy at Trinity College Dublin and Royal Astronomer of Ireland at...
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E. T. Whittaker (category Academics of the University of Edinburgh)
elected as a fellow of the Royal Society in recognition of his achievements. In 1906, Whittaker was appointed Andrews Professor of Astronomy at Trinity College...
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Robert Stawell Ball (category Lowndean Professors of Astronomy and Geometry)
he became a Fellow of the Royal Society. In 1874, he was appointed Royal Astronomer of Ireland and Andrews Professor of Astronomy in Trinity College Dublin...
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Henry Ussher (astronomer) (category Directors of Dunsink Observatory)
inaugural Andrews Professor of Astronomy at Trinity College Dublin (TCD), a title later accompanied with the designation Royal Astronomer of Ireland. Ussher...
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Luke Drury (astrophysicist) (category Alumni of the University of Cambridge)
Professor Luke Drury (Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies) appointed as interim Director ICHEC: Key Milestones 2006 Andrews Professors of Astronomy:...
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Charles Jasper Joly (category Academics of Trinity College Dublin)
and astronomer who was Andrews Professor of Astronomy from 1897 until his death in 1906. He was an important figure in the study of quaternions. Joly was...
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and tutorials Professor Vincent's course notes at the University of St. Andrews From Stephen Tonkin's Astronomy tutorials From Professor Kirkman's tutorials...
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The position of Savilian Professor of Astronomy was established at the University of Oxford in 1619. It was founded (at the same time as the Savilian...
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John Brinkley (astronomer) (category Fellows of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences)
he became the second Andrews Professor of Astronomy at Trinity College Dublin, which carried the new title of Royal Astronomer of Ireland. He was the director...
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Astronomer Royal (category Lists of British people)
2016. Retrieved 23 June 2017. Wayman, P.A. (March 1986). "The Andrews Professors of Astronomy and Dunsink Observatory, 1785-1985". articles.adsabs.harvard...
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instead of trial and error. At the time of his invention of the icosian game, William Rowan Hamilton was the Andrews Professor of Astronomy at Trinity...
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of compact objects such as black holes and neutron stars. It was announced in 2019 that he had been appointed honorary Andrews Professor of Astronomy...
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Erwin Finlay-Freundlich (category University of Göttingen alumni)
On the recommendation of Arthur Stanley Eddington he went to St. Andrews University in Scotland, where he lectured in astronomy from 1939. In 1941 he...
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Arthur Rambaut (category Directors of Dunsink Observatory)
to Cambridge, Rambaut took over as Andrews Professor of Astronomy and Royal Astronomer of Ireland. On the death of E. J. Stone in 1897, Rambaut became...
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The University of St Andrews (Scots: University o St Andras, Scottish Gaelic: Oilthigh Chill Rìmhinn; abbreviated as St And, from the Latin Sancti Andreae...
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Constantin Le Paige (category Academic staff of the University of Liège)
Liège in 1882. While interested in astronomy and the history of mathematics, Le Paige mainly worked on the theory of algebraic form, especially algebraic...
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Henry Crozier Keating Plummer (category Academics of the University of Oxford)
of the next twelve years, spending one year at Lick Observatory as a Research Fellow. In 1912, he was appointed to the position of Andrews Professor of...
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William Edgeworth (category Members of the Royal Irish Academy)
May 2012. "Life of Sir William Rowan Hamilton, knt., LL. D., D. C. L., M. R. I. A., Andrews professor of astronomy in the University of Dublin, and royal...
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August Ferdinand Möbius (category University of Göttingen alumni)
University of Leipzig, where he studied astronomy under the mathematician and astronomer Karl Mollweide. In 1813, he began to study astronomy under mathematician...
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Perceval (1882). Life of Sir William Rowan Hamilton: Knt., LL. D., D. C. L., M. R. I. A., Andrews Professor of Astronomy in the University of Dublin, and Royal...
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Forest Ray Moulton (category Members of the United States National Academy of Sciences)
studies at the University of Chicago and gained a Ph.D. in 1899. At the University of Chicago he was associate in astronomy (1898–1900), instructor (1900–03)...
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Astronomer of Ireland in 1906, which came with the role of Andrews Professor of Astronomy at Trinity College, Dublin. The second half of the treatise...
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Alexander Wilson (astronomer) (category Alumni of the University of St Andrews)
was the first Regius Professor of Practical Astronomy at the University of Glasgow. Wilson was born in St Andrews, Fife, the son of Clara Fairfoul and Patrick...
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Thomas Ussher (category Companions of the Order of the Bath)
Ussher. Thomas Ussher was born in Dublin, the son of Henry Ussher, the Andrews Professor of Astronomy at Trinity College, and Mary Burne. The Usshers were...
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Pitch drop experiment (category University of Queensland)
(likely in 1984) St. Andrews professor John Allen modified the St. Andrews experiment to bring its setup closer to that of the University of Queensland experiment...
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Thomas Cowling (category Recipients of the Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society)
of Fellows of the Royal Society. 37: 104–126. doi:10.1098/rsbm.1991.0006. Cowling, T. G. (1985). "Astronomer by Accident". Annual Review of Astronomy...
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John Machin (category Freemasons of the Premier Grand Lodge of England)
John Machin (bapt. c. 1686 – June 9, 1751) was a professor of astronomy at Gresham College, London. He is best known for developing a quickly converging...
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