Astronomers A-B

NameDateAssociationLocationCounty
Abbott, Francis1799-1883ManchesterLancashire; Derbyshire
Abney, Sir William Wiveleslie1843-1920 LondonCounty of London
Acfield, Frank J.1905-1975Acfield’s ObservatoryNewcastle upon TyneNorthumberland
Adames, Henry Bridger1882-1922 LondonCounty of London
Adams, John Couch1819-1892The University Observatory [UOC]CambridgeCambridgeshire
Airy, George Biddell1801-1892The University Observatory [UOC]; Royal Observatory, Greenwich [ROGL]Cambridge; Greenwich; AlnwickCambridgeshire; County of London; Northumberland
Abineri, Keith Wesley1920-2007 WimbourneDorset
Almond, Robert White1786-1853NottinghamNottinghamshire
Anderson, Alexander1858-1934Coleraine; CambridgeDerry/Londonderry; Cambridgeshire
Anderson, Thomas David1853-1932Edinburgh; EdromMidlothian
Andrews, Henry1743-1820Frieston; Cambridge; RoystonLincolnshire; Cambridgeshire
Andrews, Henry. B.         -1806Grantham; BinghamLincolnshire; Nottinghamshire
Archenhold, Gunter1904-1999Cambridge,Cambridgeshire
Armitage, Angus1902-1976LondonDerbyshire
Ashley, Mary1843-1903Shirehampton; BathSomerset
Atkinson, Henry1781-1829Newcastle upon Tyne; West HarleNorthumberland
Atkinson, John Jepson       NKStony StratfordBuckinghamshire
Atkinson, Robert D’escourt1898-1982RhaeadrRadnorshire
Attkins, Ernest Anthony Lonsdalefl.1907-1924 LondonCounty of London
Aubert, Alexanderbap. 1730-1805Aubert’s Observatory [AODL]; Aubert’s Observatory [AOHL]Depford; HighburyCounty of London
Babbage, Charles1791–1871LondonCounty of London
Backhouse, Thomas William1842-1920Backhouse’s Observatory [BaO]SunderlandDurham
Bacon, Gertrude1874-1949see Foggitt  
Bacon, John Mackenzie [Rev.]1846-1904Trinity College, CambridgeCambridge; Cold AshCambridgeshire; Berkshire
Bacon Frederic (see Rev. Bacon)1880-1943 Cambridge; Cold AshCambridgeshire; Berkshire
Baikie, James1866-1931LasswadeMidlothian
Baily, Francis1774-1844London; NewburyCounty of London; Berkshire
Bainbridge, John1582-1643OxfordOxfordshire
Baldrey, Andrew Doughty1785-1843CambridgeCambridgeshire
Ball, Leslie1911-1992NorthendenCheshire
Ball, Robert Stawell1840-1913Dunsink Observatory [DO]Cambridge; DublinCambridgeshire; Dublin
Banks, Joseph1743-1820Revesby AbbeyLincolnshire
Banks, William1850-1933 BoltonLancashire
Barbour, William Donald1832-1902Leeds; GlasgowYorkshire: West Riding; Lanarkshire
Barclay, Arthur Kett1806-1871Barclay’s Bury Hill Observatory [BBHO]DorkingSurrey
Barclay, Joseph Gurney1816-1898Barclay’s Leyton Observatory [BOLE]LeytonEssex
Barkas, Thomas Pallister1819-1891 Newcastle upon TyneNorthumberland
Barker, Robert1873-1966CheshuntHertfordshire
Barker, Thomas1722-1809Lyndon HallRutland
Barlow, Edward William1886-fl.1935 BournemouthHampshire
Barnes, J.B.NKFelixstoweSuffolk
Barnett, W. H.NKChesterfieldDerbyshire
Bartrum, Clement Osborn1867-1939BradfordYorkshire: West Riding
Bass, George1771-1812?AswarbyLincolnshire
Baum, Richard Myer1930-2017 ChesterCheshire
Baxandall, Frank E.1868-1929CambridgeCambridgeshire
Baxendell, Joseph1815-1887Fernley Observatory [FeO]Birkdale; ManchesterLancashire
Bayly, William1737-1810Naval Academy Observatory [NAOP]Portsmouth; Greenwich; Bishops CanningsHampshire; County of London; Wiltshire
Bazley, Thomas S.1829-1919Manchester Physics Institute Observatory [MPIO]FairfordGloucestershire
Beadsmoore, Ernest1874/95-Derbyshire
Beaufoy, Mark1764–1827Beaufoy’s Hackney Wick Observatory [BHCO]; Beaufoy’s Bushey Observatory [BeOBH]Hackney Wick; Bushey HeathCounty of London; Hertfordshire;
Bell, Julia1879-1979CambridgeCambridgeshire
Bellamy, H. J.NKCambridgeCambridgeshire
Bell-Burnell, Jocelyn1943-CambridgeCambridgeshire
Ben Burrell1903-1983DoncasterYorkshire: West Riding
Bennett, Arthur Frederick1871–1937Bennett’s Observatory [BeO]LeistonSuffolk
Bernard, Edward1638-1697Paulerspury; OxfordNorthamptonshire; Oxfordshire
Berry, A.G.1823-1877CambridgeCambridgeshire
Berthon, Edward Lyon1813-1899Berthon’s Romsey Observatory [BRO]Lymington; Fareham; CambridgeHampshire; Hampshire; Cambridgeshire
Besley, Walter Ernest1877-1908 LondonCounty of London
Bevis, John1695-1771SalisburyWiltshire
Biddell, George Arthur1824-1901OrwellSuffolk
Billups, Percy Christopher Charles1859-1938BarryGlamorgan
Bird, Frederick18187-1876 BirminghamWarwickshire
Bird, John1709–1776Bishop Auckland; LondonDurham; County of London
Bird, John Turnbull1862-1930 KnightonWiltshire
Birmingham, John1814-884MilltownGalway
Birt, William Radcliff1804-1881WalthamstowEssex
Bishop, George1785-1861Bishop’s Observatory [BORP]London; LeicesterCounty of London; Leicestershire;
Blackall, Samuel1816–1899Suffolk
Blacklock, Arthur Woolsey1840-1934BrightonSussex
Blackwell, Donald E.1921-2010CambridgeCambridgeshire
Blagg, Mary Adele1858-1944CheadleStaffordshire
Blagrave, Johnc.1561-1611ReadingBerkshire
Blair, Archibald1752–1815BayfordHertfordshire
Blair, Robert1748–1828GarwaldMidlothian
Bliss, Nathaniel1700-1764City Wall Observatory [CWO]; Royal Observatory, Greenwich [ROGL]Greenwich; BisleyCounty of London; Gloucestershire
Blunt, Henry-1853ShrewsburyShropshire
Boles, Tom1944-Boles’s Observatory [BolO]Northamptonshire
Bolton, Thomas Simeon Scriven1883-1929Scriven Bolton Observatory [SBO]LeedsYorkshire: West Riding
Bonnycastle, Johnc.1760-1821Woolwich; WhitchurchCounty of London; Buckinghamshire
Booth, James1806-1878StoneBuckinghamshire
Booth, David 1860-1937LeedsYorkshire: West Riding
Boreham, William Wakeling1804-1886Boreham’s Observatory [BorO]Haverhill; Saffron WaldenEssex; Suffolk
Bowd, S.E.NKCambridgeCambridgeshire
Bowden, Arthur H. L1839-1923CambridgeCambridgeshire
Bowen, Edward George1911-1991SwanseaGlamorgan
Bower, George Noel1885-1951EyeSuffolk
Boys, Charles Vernon1855-1944WingRutland
Bradley, James1693 -1762Ashmolean Museum Observatory [AMO]; Mathematical Tower Observatory [MTOO]; Royal Observatory, Greenwich [ROGL]; Pound’s Observatory [PO]; Bradley’s Observatory [BrO]Greenwich; Oxford; Kew; Wanstead; SherborneCounty of London; Oxfordshire; Surrey; Essex; Essex; Gloucestershire;
Bransby, John1760-1835IpswichSuffolk
Bray, Robert John1929-RichmondSurrey
Breen, James1826-1866Greenwich; CambridgeCounty of London; Cambridgeshire;
Bretnor, Thomas1570/1-1618BakewellDerbyshire
Brewster, David1781-1868JedburghRoxburghshire
Bridger, J.H.fl.1900-1907 FarnboroughHampshire
Brinkley, John1767-1835HarlestoneNorthamptonshire
Brisbane, Sir Thomas Makdougall1773–1860Brisbane’s Largs Observatory [BOBH]; Brisbane’s Makerstoun Observatory [BOMH]LargsAyrshire
Brodie, Frederick1823-1896Brodie’s Fernhill Observatory [BFO]; Brodie’s Wadbury Observatory [BWO]; Brodie’s Eastbourne Observatory [BOE]; Brodie’s Uckfield Observatory [BUO]Woollen Bridge; Wadbury; Uckfield EastbourneIsle of Wight; Somerset; Sussex; Sussex
Brook, Charles Lewis1855-1939Harewood Lodge Observatory [HLO]MelthamYorkshire: West Riding
Brook (nee Brook), Ruth Mary1856-1932Brook, Charles LewisMeltham; WeybridgeYorkshire: West Riding; Surrey
Brothers, Alfred1826-1912 ManchesterLancashire
Brown, Arthur Neville1864-1935BrackenhurstBerkshire
Brown, Basil John Wait1888-1977BuckleshamSuffolk
Brown, Elizabeth1830-1899CirencesterGloucestershire
Brown, Ernest William1866-1938HullYorkshire: East Riding
Bruce, W. Conybeare1844-1919Glamorgan
Bruck, Hermann Alexander1905-2000The University Observatory [UOC]; Dunsink Observatory [DO]CambridgeCambridgeshire
Brück, Mary T. [nee Conway]1925-2008BallivorMidlothian
Brühl, John Maurice1736-1809Count de Brühl’s Observatory [CdBO]HarefieldMiddlesex
Bryan, George Hartley1865-1928BangorCaernarvonshire
Buckton, Harold1864-1944/8Bury St EdmundsSuffolk
Bullock, Johnfl.1902-1908 LondonCounty of London
Burbidge, Margaret1919-University College London Observatory [UCLO]DavenportCheshire
Burgess, Eric1920-2005StockportLancashire
Burney, Williamc,1762-1832Naval Academy ObservatoryGosportHampshire
Bush, Thomas W.1839-1928Forester’s Observatory [FOW]; Bush’s Mapperley Observatory [BMON];NottinghamNottinghamshire
Butler, Charles Pritchard1871-1952Solar Physics Observatory, Cambridge [SPOC]; Solar Physics Observatory, South Kensington [SPOSK]CambridgeCambridgeshire
Butler, Hugh Ernest1916-1978CambridgeCambridgeshire