The Edinburgh Astronomical Institution was founded in 1811 and wound up in 1847. It was instrumental in the foundation of the Royal Observatory, Edinburgh...
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City Observatory (redirect from City Observatory, Edinburgh)
boundary wall with a monument to John Playfair, president of the Edinburgh Astronomical Institution, in the southeast corner. The oldest part is the Gothic Tower...
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The Royal Observatory, Edinburgh (ROE) is an astronomical institution located on Blackford Hill in Edinburgh. The site is owned by the Science and Technology...
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Observatory, Edinburgh until 1995. It has since been an honorary title. Edinburgh Astronomical Institution City Observatory Royal Observatory, Edinburgh Astronomer...
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question marks, boxes, or other symbols. Astronomical symbols are abstract pictorial symbols used to represent astronomical objects, theoretical constructs and...
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could be established' Meanwhile, outside the University, the Edinburgh Astronomical Institution, a club of private individuals, had succeeded in building...
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Hill observatory is founded by the Edinburgh Astronomical Institution; the Scottish regalia are found in Edinburgh Castle; Cambridge geologist and antiquarian...
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Nevil Maskelyne (category Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh)
created The Nautical Almanac, in full the British Nautical Almanac and Astronomical Ephemeris for the Meridian of the Royal Observatory at Greenwich using...
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focused on obesity. In 2016, Edinburgh’s Lord Provost presented the award to Kevin Govender and the International Astronomical Union (IAU). The award was...
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John Sutherland Black (category Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh)
William Chrystal Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh Member of the Edinburgh Astronomical Institution. "John Sutherland Black - Wikisource, the free...
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Royal Archaeological Institute 1844 Royal Asiatic Society 1823 Royal Astronomical Society 1820 Royal Bath and West of England Society 1777 Royal Birmingham...
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Thomas David Anderson (category Scientists from Edinburgh)
him an interest in astronomy. He was educated at Edinburgh Institution and the University of Edinburgh where he studied theology, graduating with a DSc...
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William Wallace Campbell (category Recipients of the Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society)
London (1918) Honorary Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh (1920) Trustee of the Carnegie Institution (1929–1938) Crater Campbell on the Moon Crater on...
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The Royal Astronomical Society (RAS) is a learned society and charity that encourages and promotes the study of astronomy, solar-system science, geophysics...
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Jocelyn Bell Burnell (category Fellows of the American Astronomical Society)
one of the prize's recipients. Bell Burnell was president of the Royal Astronomical Society from 2002 to 2004, president of the Institute of Physics from...
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John Campbell Brown (category Recipients of the Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society)
Edinburgh in 1984. He was appointed the 10th Astronomer Royal for Scotland in February 1995. He was awarded the Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society...
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(InstR) Institution of Chemical Engineers (IChemE) Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) Institution of Engineering...
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Royal Company of Merchants of the City of Edinburgh. Melville College was known as the Edinburgh Institution for Languages and Mathematics from 1832 to...
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An astronomical catalogue is a list or tabulation of astronomical objects, typically grouped together because they share a common type, morphology, origin...
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Harold Spencer Jones (category Presidents of the Royal Astronomical Society)
British Horological Institute (1946) Lorimer Medal of the Astronomical Society of Edinburgh (1953) elected International Member of the American Philosophical...
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Ibrahim Eltayeb (category Fellows of the Royal Astronomical Society)
Academy of Sciences, the Royal Astronomical Society, The World Academy of Sciences (TWAS) and the Royal Society of Edinburgh. Eltayeb was born in a village...
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Fred Watson (category Alumni of the University of Edinburgh)
120: 22. Watson, F.G. (1987). Multi-object astronomical spectroscopy with optical fibres (PhD). Edinburgh University. hdl:10068/684270. Buchanan, Matt...
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Stobo Castle completed. The Edinburgh Society for the Support of Gaelic Schools is established. Edinburgh Astronomical Institution established. Sinking of...
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Royal Belfast Academical Institution Royal Belfast Golf Club Royal Birmingham Society of Artists Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew...
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Charles Piazzi Smyth (category Fellows of the Royal Astronomical Society)
the Admiralty, the Royal Society, and the "Astronomical Observations made at the Royal Observatory, Edinburgh Vol XII 1863", which were widely acclaimed...
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subcategories of Category:Discoveries by astronomer and Category:Astronomical discoveries by institution, respectively. These categories do not contain discoveries...
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Henry Norris Russell (category Recipients of the Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society)
14 April 2011. "Winners of the Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society". Royal Astronomical Society. Archived from the original on 25 May 2011. Retrieved...
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measures the electrical conductivity in a solution Edinburgh-Cape Blue Object Survey, an astronomical catalogue Electron capture, in nuclear physics Exacoulomb...
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David Gill (astronomer) (category Recipients of the Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society)
the Royal Institution Christmas Lecture on Astronomy, Old and New. Valz Prize (1879) Bruce Medal (1900) Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society (1882...
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James Jeans (category Presidents of the Royal Astronomical Society)
Science Congress Association in 1938. Lorimer Medal of the Astronomical Society of Edinburgh in 1938 for which he gave the Lorimer Lecture: The Depths...
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