GEMMS IDGEMMS-PERSON-002204
NameCharles Piazzi Smyth
TitleProfessor
Gendermale
Denomination
Livedb. 1819-01-03 - d. 1900-02-21 (new)
Linked Manuscriptsmanuscript owner - Two Sermons attributed to George Abbot, c. 1593: MS 4721
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Linked Reports
Associated PlacesEdinburgh University -- Post
Source of DataODNB (Article: 25948); Royal Society web page (see link below); Hannah Yip.
Biographical Sources ConsultedODNB (Article: 25948); Royal Society web page.
Other NoteCharles Piazzi Smyth was born at Naples, Italy, on 3 January 1819. His godfather, from whom he received his middle name, was the Sicilian astronomer Giuseppe Piazzi. Smyth was educated at Bedford Grammar School. He left school at the age of sixteen to become assistant to Thomas Maclear, HM astronomer at the Royal Observatory, Cape of Good Hope. At the tender age of twenty-seven, he was appointed Regius Professor of Astronomy at the University of Edinburgh. He was Astronomer Royal for Scotland from 1846 to 1888. He is best known for his many innovations in astronomy and his pyramidological and metrological studies of the Great Pyramid of Giza. Smyth died at his home on 21 February 1900.
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| makingscience.royalsociety.org/s/rs/people/fst00508025 | Information about Charles Piazzi Smyth on the Royal Society web page. |
GEMMS record createdJanuary 30, 2019
GEMMS record last editedMay 25, 2019