Royal Astronomer

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Royal_Astronomer

GPTKB entity

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	government position
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs	gptkb:Astronomer_Royal
gptkbp:appointedBy	monarch of the United Kingdom
gptkbp:associatedWith	gptkb:Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom gptkb:Royal_Society
gptkbp:category	gptkb:British_honours_system gptkb:Science_and_technology_in_the_United_Kingdom
gptkbp:country	gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:currentHolder	gptkb:Martin_Rees
gptkbp:established	1675
gptkbp:field	gptkb:astronomy
gptkbp:firstHolder	gptkb:John_Flamsteed
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Royal Astronomer
gptkbp:notableHolder	gptkb:Harold_Spencer_Jones gptkb:Sir_Francis_Graham_Smith gptkb:Sir_Frank_Dyson gptkb:Sir_James_South gptkb:Sir_Joseph_Norman_Lockyer gptkb:Arthur_Eddington gptkb:Edmond_Halley gptkb:George_Biddell_Airy gptkb:Martin_Rees gptkb:Sir_George_Darwin gptkb:Sir_Michael_Berry gptkb:Sir_John_Herschel gptkb:Sir_William_Henry_Mahoney_Christie gptkb:Richard_van_der_Riet_Woolley gptkb:Sir_Martin_Rees gptkb:Sir_Arnold_Wolfendale gptkb:Sir_Arthur_Eddington gptkb:Sir_Frank_Watson_Dyson gptkb:Sir_George_Airy gptkb:Sir_Harold_Spencer_Jones gptkb:Sir_Richard_Woolley gptkb:Sir_William_Christie
gptkbp:relatedTo	gptkb:Royal_Astronomer_of_Ireland gptkb:Royal_Observatory,_Greenwich gptkb:Astronomer_Royal_for_Scotland
gptkbp:responsibility	advising the monarch on astronomical matters
gptkbp:termLength	life tenure
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Astronomer_Royal gptkb:Royal_Astronomer_of_Ireland
gptkbp:bfsLayer	5