Name Date Association Location County
Gascoigne, William | 1612-1644 | Thorp on the Hill | Yorkshire: West Riding | |
Gibb, Hilda | NK | Cambridge | Cambridgeshire | |
Gilbert, Davies [Giddy] | 1767-1839 | St. Erth | Cornwall | |
Gill, David | 1843-1914 | Cromwell Tower Observatory [CTOA] | Aberdeen | Aberdeenshire |
Gladstone, Murray | 1816-1875 | Penmaenmawr | Caernarvonshire | |
Glaisher, James | 1809-1903 | Cambridge | Cambridgeshire | |
Glaisher, John | 1819-1846 | Cambridge | Cambridgeshire | |
Glenhill, Joseph | 1845-1906 | Bradford | Yorkshire: West Riding | |
Goatcher, A. W. | fl.1892-1910 | Cambridge | Cambridgeshire | |
Goldney, Gabriel Alphonsus | 1874-1885 | Durham | Durham | |
Goodacre, Robert | 1771-1835 | Nottingham | Nottinghamshire | |
Goodacre, Walter | 1856-1938 | Loughborough; London | Leicestershire; County of London | |
Goodricke, John | 1764-1786 | York | Yorkshire: North Riding | |
Goodson, Howard | 1881-1916 | Kensington | County of London | |
Goodwin, Francis | 1562-1633 | Northamptonshire | ||
Gorbold, R. | NK | Northamptonshire | ||
Gore, John Ellard | 1845-1910 | Athlone | Westmeath | |
Graham, Andrew | 1815-1908 | Cambridge | Cambridgeshire | |
Graham-Smith, Francis | 1923- | Roehampton | Surrey | |
Grainger, Richard | 1900-1948 | Nottingham | Nottinghamshire | |
Grant, Robert | 1814-1892 | Horselethill Observatory [HOG] | Grantown-on-Spey | Morayshire |
Greaves, John | 1602-1652 | Oxford | Oxfordshire | |
Green, Charles | 1735-1771 | Greenwich | County of London | |
Green, George | b.1793 | Nottingham | Nottinghamshire | |
Green, Henry Ernest | 1889-1944 | Cambridge | Cambridgeshire | |
Green, Nathaniel Everett | 1823-1899 | St. John’s Wood | County of London | |
Gregory, Christopher Clive Langton | 1892-1964 | Mill Hill | Essex | |
Gregory, David | 1659-1708 | St Andrew’s Observatory [SAO] | Oxford | Oxfordshire |
Gregory, Edward | 1744-1824 | Langar | Nottinghamshire | |
Gregory, James | 1638-75 | Aberdeen | Aberdeenshire | |
Grenville, Charles Francis | 1749–1809 | Warwick | Pembrokeshire | |
Griffith, John | 1860-? | Ponterwyd | Cardiganshire | |
Griffith, John Edwards | 1843-1933 | Bangor | Caernarvonshire | |
Groombridge, Stephen | 1755-1832 | Groombridge’s Observatory [GOB] | Blackheath | County of London |
Grosseteste, Robert | c.1168-1253 | Lincoln | Lincolnshire | |
Grover, Charles | 1842-1921 | Rousdon | Devon | |
Grover, Henry Montague | 1791-1866 | Hitcham | Buckinghamshire | |
Hall, Chester Moor | 1703-1771 | Leigh | Essex | |
Hall, John James | 1845-1941 | Hall’s Cottage Observatory [HCO] | Slough | Buckinghamshire |
Hall, W.J. | Fl.1899-1907 | Bury | Lancashire | |
Halley, Edmond | 1656-1742 | Royal Observatory, Greenwich [ROGL] | Greenwich | County of London |
Hallowes, G. P. Blackwood | 1867-1931 | York; Harrogate; Dublin; Shrewsbury; Bournemouth; Wimbourne | Yorkshire: North Riding; Yorkshire: West Riding; Dublin; Shropshire; Hampshire | |
Holmes, Edwin | 1839-1919 | London | County of London | |
Halton, Immanuel | 1628-1699 | Chesterfield | Derbyshire | |
Hanbury, Frederick J. | 1851-1938 | Hanbury’s Brockhurst Observatory [HOB] | East Grinstead | Sussex |
Hanbury, William | d.1768 | Kelmarsh Hall | Northamptonshire | |
Hardcastle, Joseph A. | 1868-1917 | Armagh | Armagh | |
Hardy | NK | Cambridge | Cambridgeshire | |
Hardy, Samuel | 1720-1793 | Little Blakenham | Suffolk | |
Hardy, Thomas | 1840-1928 | Stinsford | Dorset | |
Hargreaves, Frederick James | 1871-1970 | Bradford | Yorkshire: West Riding | |
Harries, Thomas | 1871- ? | Llanelli | Carmarthanshire | |
Harriot, Thomas | 1560-1621 | Syon House | Middlesex | |
Harris, Joseph | 1704-1764 | Trefecca | Breconshire | |
Harrison, John | 1693-1776 | Barrow-on-Humber | Lincolnshire | |
Harrison, Majorie Hall | 1918-1986 | Nottingham | Nottinghamshire | |
Hartley, Walter Edward Tomson | 1878-1935 | Nottingham | Nottinghamshire | |
Hartley, William Ernest | 1877-1917 | Cambridge | Cambridgeshire | |
Hartnup, John | 1841-1892 | Bidston | Cheshire | |
Haslam, John Horsley | 1850-1904 | Baldhu | Cornwall | |
Hawking, Stephen | b.1942 | Cambridge | Cambridgeshire | |
Hawks, Ellison | 1889-1971 | Hull | Yorkshire: East Riding | |
Hay, William (Will) Thomson | 1888-1949 | Norwood; Hendon | County of London | |
Haydon, Richard | 1706-1788 | Liskeard | Cornwall | |
Healy, Richard | 1634-fl.1658 | Aylesbury | Buckinghamshire | |
Heath Alan | NK | Denby | Derbyshire | |
Heath, Mark Bernard Brewer | 1889-1963 | Barnstaple | Devon | |
Heath, Thomas Edward | 1849-1918 | Cardiff | Glamorgan | |
Hedley, Hebert | 1859-1939 | Masham | Yorkshire: North Riding | |
Henderson, Alexander C. | fl.1904-1906 | Brae | Shetland | |
Henderson, Thomas | 1798-1844 | Dundee | Midlothian | |
Henkel, Frederick William | 1869-1913 | Collooney | Sligo | |
Hepburn, Patrick Henry | 1873-1929 | Hampstead | County of London | |
Herapath, John | 1790-1868 | Lewisham | County of London | |
Herbert, John Harold | fl.1897-1901 | Nottingham | Nottinghamshire | |
Herschel, Alexander Stewart | 1836-1907 | London | County of London | |
Herschel, Caroline | 1750-1848 | Herschel’s Bath Observatory [WHOB]; Herschel’s Datchet Observatory [WHOD]; Observatory House [WHOS] | Slough | Buckinghamshire |
Herschel, Sir John Frederick William | 1792-1871 | Observatory House [WHOS] | Slough | Buckinghamshire |
Herschel, William | 1738-1822 | Herschel’s Bath Observatory [WHOB]; Herschel’s Datchet Observatory [WHOD]; Observatory House [WHOS] | Slough | Buckinghamshire |
Hewish, Anthony | b.1924 | Cambridge | Cambridgeshire | |
Higgs, George Daniel Sutton | 1841-1914 | Liverpool | Lancashire | |
Hills, Edmond Herbert Grove | 1864-1922 | High Head Castle | Cumberland | |
Hill, Harold | 1920-2005 | Orrell | Lancashire | |
Hind, John Russell | 1823-1895 | Bishop’s Observatory [BORP] | Nottingham | County of London |
Hindle, John | 1869-1942 | Edenfield | Lancashire | |
Hinks, Arthur Robert | 1873-1945 | Cambridge | Cambridgeshire | |
Hippisley, Clare | 1843-1918 | Clare Hippisley’s Observatory | Bath | Somerset |
Hippisley, John | 1804-1899 | John Hippisley’s Observatory | Hippisley, John | Somerset |
Hitchins, Malachy | 1741-1809 | Gwennap | Cornwall | |
Holden, Moses | 1777-1864 | Bolton | Lancashire | |
Holehouse , Samuel | 1791-1846 | Islington | County of London | |
Hollis, Henry Park | 1858-1939 | Greenwich | County of London | |
Hooke, Robert | 1635-1703 | Hooke’s Observatory [HOGC] | London | County of London |
Hopper, Edwin George | 1880-1967 | Swindon | Wiltshire | |
Hornsby, Thomas | 1733-1810 | Mathematical Tower Observatory [MTOO]; Corpus Christi College Observatory [CCCO]; Radcliffe Observatory [ROO] | Oxford | Oxfordshire |
Horrocks, Jeremiah | 1610-1641 | Toxteth Park | Lancashire | |
Hough, Sydney Samuel | 1870-1923 | Stoke Newington | County of London | |
Housman, William Bradshaw | 1878-1955 | Housman’s Observatory [HoO] | Worthington | Cumberland |
Howarth, Elijah | 1853-1938 | Weston Park Museum Observatory – curator | Sheffield | Yorkshire: West Riding |
Howell, Charles | 1783-1867 | Hove | Sussex | |
Howlett,Frederick | 1821-1908 | Alton | Hampshire | |
Hoyle, Fred | 1915-2001 | Cambridge | Cambridgeshire | |
Huddart, Joseph | 1741-1816 | Huddart’s Observatory [HOI] | Highbury | County of London |
Huggins, William | 1824-1910 | Huggins’s Observatory [HOTHL] | Tulse Hill | County of London |
Hunt, William | 1873-1945 | Hunt’s Observatory [HuO] | Nottingham | Nottinghamshire |
Hunter, Alan | 1912-1995 | Greenwich | County of London | |
Hussey, Thomas J. | 1792-1854 | Hussey’s Observatory [HOH] | Hayes | Kent |
Hyde, Frank Wilsenham | 1909-1984 | Clacton-on-Sea | Essex | |
Ingham, Albert | 1900-1967 | Northampton | Northamptonshire | |
Innes, Robert Thorburn Ayton | 1861-1933 | Edinburgh | Midlothian | |
Irving, Ronald Nicholas | 1915-2005 | Teddington | Middlesex | |
Jackson, John | 1838-fl.1881 | Nuneaton | Warwickshire | |
Jacob, William Stephen | 1813-1862 | Woolavington | Somerset | |
James, Nicholas | fl.1799-1816 | St Hilary | Cornwall | |
Jamieson, Alexander | 1782-1850 | London | County of London | |
Jeans, James Hopwood | 1877-1946 | Ormskirk | Lancashire | |
Jenkins, Griffith Parry | 1860-1940 | Llangefni | Anglesey | |
Jenkins, John | 1803-1868 | Swansea | Glamorgan | |
Jenkins, Taliesyn Kenwin | 1879-? | Monmouthshire | ||
Johnson, Manuel John | 18051859 | Oxford | Oxfordshire | |
Johnson, Richard Coward | NK | Liverpool | Lancashire | |
Jones, Dan | NK | Cardiff | Glamorgan | |
Jones, Dyfrig | 1940-1989 | Crwbin | Pembrokeshire | |
Jones, Evan Lewis | 1876-? | Merthyr Tyfil | Glamorgan | |
Jones, Harold Spencer | 1890-1960 | Royal Observatory, Greenwich [ROGL]; Royal Greenwich Observatory [RGOH] | Kensington | County of London |
Jones, John | 1818-1898 | Dwyran | Anglesey | |
Jones, John | c.1823-1900 | Flintshire | ||
Jones, John Harvey | 1859-1896 | Bristol | Somerset | |
Jones, Kenneth Glyn | 1915-1995 | New Tredegar | Monmouthshire | |
Jones, Rhishard Llewelyn | 1865-1932 | Uchaf-Talybont | Cardiganshire | |
Jones, William | 1675-1749 | Llanfihangel-Tre’r-Beirdd | Anglesey | |
Kahn, Franz Daniel | 1926-1998 | Bourne End | Buckinghamshire | |
Keill, John | 1671-1721 | Oxford | Oxfordshire | |
Kelly, Patrick | 1755/6-1842 | Finsbury Square Academy Observatory | London; Stradbally | County of London; Lois |
Kersey, Henry Ernest | 1876-1948 | Ipswich | Suffolk | |
Killip, Robert | 1853-1913 | Liverpool; Manchester; Southport | Lancashire | |
King, Alphonso | 1882-1937 | Ashby | Lincolnshire | |
King, John | fl.1780s | Aberdeen | Aberdeenshire | |
King, Mary | 1827-1869 | See Ward | ||
Kluber, Harald von | 1901-1978 | Cambridge | Cambridgeshire | |
Knight, Henry Sollers Gunning Sparks | 1828-1904 | Knight’s Observatory | Winchester | Hampshire |
Knobel, Edward Ball | 1841-1930 | Bocking; London | Essex; County of London | |
Knott, George | 1835-1895 | Knot’s Woodcroft Observatory [KWO]; Knott’s Lodge Observatory [KLO] | East Barnet | Hertfordshire |
Knox-Shaw, Harold | 1885-1970 | Marlborough College Blackett Observatory [MCBO] | St Leonards-on-Sea | Sussex |
Lambert, Richard | NK | Richard Lambert Observatory [RLO] | Milton Keynes | Buckinghamshire |
Lamont, Johann [von] | 1805-1879 | Corriemulzie | Aberdeenshire | |
Landon, John | 1719-1790) | Peakirk | Northamptonshire | |
Lane Hall [nee Thacker], Elizabeth Gladys | 1902-1986 | Nottingham | Nottinghamshire | |
Lane Hall, Arthur William | 1904-1993 | Nottingham | Nottinghamshire | |
Langdon, Roger | 1825-1894 | Silverton | Devon | |
Larkins, William | fl.1760-1800 | Larkin’s Observatory (LOB) | Blackheath | County of London |
Lassell, William | 1799-1880 | Lassell’s Starfield Observatory [LSO] | Liverpool | Lancashire |
Lattey, Norman | fl.1890s | Lattey’s Observatory [LO] | Cardiff | Glamorgan |
Laurence, Edward | 1674?-1739 | Northampton | Northamptonshire | |
Laurie, Stephen | fl.1995 | Church Stretton | Shropshire | |
Lawson, Henry | 1774-1855 | Lawson’s Bath Observatory [LBO] | Bath | Somerset |
Lax, William | 1761-1836 | Marsworth | Buckinghamshire | |
Leadbetter, Charles | 1681-1744 | Cronton | Lancashire | |
Ledger, Edmund | 1841-1913 | Barham | Suffolk | |
Lee, Henry Herbert | 1838-1920 | Dinas Powys | Glamorgan | |
Lee, John | 1783-1866 | Hartwell House Observatory [HaHO] | Stone | Buckinghamshire |
Lepper, George Henry | fl.1907-1920s | London | County of London | |
Lenham, Alan Pennell | 1930-1996 | Swindon | Wiltshire | |
Levin, Everard Arthur | 1872-1939 | Levin’s Observatory [LOS] | Selsey | Sussex |
Lewis of Caerleon | 1450-1505 | Caerleon | Monmouthshire | |
Lewis, John Robert | 1731-1806 | Holyhead | Anglesey | |
Lewis, William James | 1847-1926 | Llanwyddelan | Montgomeryshire | |
Lindemann, Adolph Freidrich | 1846-1931 | Sidmouth | Devon | |
Lindsay, James Ludovic | 1847-1913 | Dunecht Observatory [DuO] | Aberdeen | Aberdeenshire |
Llewellyn, John Dillwyn | 1810-1882 | Pen-lle’r-gaer | Glamorgan | |
Lloyd, John Alun | 1895-? | Gwern-y-Mynydd | Flintshire | |
Lynn, William Thynne | 1835-1911 | London | County of London | |
Lockyer, Joseph Norman | 1836-1920 | Lockyer’s Wimbledon Observatory [LOWH]; Lockyer’s Hampstead Observatory [LOHH]; Solar Physics Observatory (London) [SPOSK] | Kensington | County of London |
Lockyer, Lady (Thomazine) Mary | 1852-1953 | Exeter | Devon | |
Lockyer, Winifred Lucas | 1873-1934 | Exeter | Devon | |
Lockyer, William James Stewart | 1868-1936 | South Kensington | County of London | |
Lofft, Capel | 1751-1824 | Bury St. Edmunds | Suffolk | |
London, William | 1833-1916 | Woodbridge | Suffolk | |
Long, Roger | 1680-1770 | Cambridge | Cambridgeshire | |
Longair, Malcolm | 1941- | Dundee | Angus | |
Longbottom, Frederick William | 1850-1933 | Chester | Cheshire | |
Longbottom, Gertrude | 1876-1935 | Louth | Lincolnshire | |
Lowe, Alfred | d.1856 | Lowe’s Observatory [LoOB]; Highfield House Observatory [HHO] | Nottingham | Nottinghamshire |
Lowe, Arthur Swann Howard | 1826-1888 | Nottingham | Nottinghamshire | |
Lowe, Edward Joseph | 1825-1900 | Lawson Beeston Observatory [LON] | Nottingham | Nottinghamshire |
Lower, William | c.1570-1615 | Trefenty | Carmarthanshire | |
Ludlam, William | 1717-1788 | St. Johns College Observatory [SJCOC]; Cockfield Tower Observatory [CTO] | Cambridge | Cambridgeshire |
Lynden-Bell, Donald | 1935- | Cambridge | Cambridgeshire | |
Lynn, George | 1676-1742 | Oundle | Northamptonshire | |
Lynn, William Thynne | 1835-1911 | Cambridge | Cambridgeshire |