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Royal Astronomer
URI:
https://gptkb.org/entity/Royal_Astronomer
GPTKB entity
Statements (43)
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
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