Talk:Astronomer Royal

Date
Looking up dates for Astronomers Royal, in Wilkepedia I find the statement "the Astronomer Royal for Scotland, which dates from 1818" which is wrong. It dates from 1834. Not an auspicious start with Wilkepedia!!

Professor John C. Brown 10th Astronomer Royal for Scotland — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.11.163.132 (talk • contribs) 18:23, 7 October 2005 (UTC)

Useful source
I don't have time to incorporate it into the article, but here's a newpaper article on the history and nature of the role Astronomers Royal, scientific advice and engineering Modest Genius talk 17:36, 13 September 2013 (UTC)

Stipend
Hundred quid a year??? Wow. There's a figure that should be inflation indexed. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 121.217.215.148 (talk) 07:58, 19 June 2016 (UTC)
 * Since the post is nowadays an honorary one, there's no need for inflation-indexing; the Astronomer Royal will have that title in addition to other functions, from which he or she makes a living. Keeping the salary fixed at a hundred pounds a year underlines that honorary character of the post and also maintains historical tradition. SchnitteUK (talk) 11:46, 2 April 2019 (UTC)

Wiki Education assignment: History of Science
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Article edits and reformating
I am reorganizing this article and adding some new information and sourcesAtghmb (talk) 16:20, 12 April 2024 (UTC)