Astronomer Royal for Scotland
# Astronomer Royal for Scotland

Astronomer Royal for Scotland was the title of the director of the Royal Observatory, Edinburgh until 1995. It has since been an honorary title.

## Astronomers Royal for Scotland

| No. | Name | Start year | End year |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Thomas Henderson | 1834 | 1844 |
| 2 | Charles Piazzi Smyth | 1846 | 1888 |
| 3 | Ralph Copeland | 1889 | 1905 |
| 4 | Sir Frank Watson Dyson | 1905 | 1910 |
| 5 | Ralph Allen Sampson | 1910 | 1937 |
| 6 | William Michael Herbert Greaves | 1938 | 1955 |
| 7 | Hermann Brück | 1957 | 1975 |
| 8 | Vincent Cartledge Reddish | 1975 | 1980 |
| 9 | Malcolm Longair | 1980 | 1990 |
| – | In abeyance | 1991 | 1995 |
| 10 | John Campbell Brown | 1995 | 2019 |
| – | None | 2019 | 2021 |
| 11 | Catherine Heymans | May 2021 | Incumbent |
