Astronomers G-L

Name                                Date                    Association             Location               County

Gascoigne, William1612-1644Thorp on the HillYorkshire: West Riding
Gibb, Hilda      NKCambridgeCambridgeshire
Gilbert, Davies [Giddy]1767-1839St. ErthCornwall
Gill, David1843-1914Cromwell Tower Observatory [CTOA]AberdeenAberdeenshire
Gladstone, Murray1816-1875PenmaenmawrCaernarvonshire
Glaisher, James1809-1903CambridgeCambridgeshire
Glaisher, John1819-1846CambridgeCambridgeshire
Glenhill, Joseph1845-1906BradfordYorkshire: West Riding
Goatcher, A. W.fl.1892-1910CambridgeCambridgeshire
Goldney, Gabriel Alphonsus1874-1885DurhamDurham
Goodacre, Robert1771-1835NottinghamNottinghamshire
Goodacre, Walter1856-1938Loughborough; LondonLeicestershire; County of London
Goodricke, John1764-1786YorkYorkshire: North Riding
Goodson, Howard1881-1916KensingtonCounty of London
Goodwin, Francis1562-1633Northamptonshire
Gorbold, R.      NKNorthamptonshire
Gore, John Ellard1845-1910AthloneWestmeath
Graham, Andrew1815-1908CambridgeCambridgeshire
Graham-Smith, Francis1923-RoehamptonSurrey
Grainger, Richard1900-1948NottinghamNottinghamshire
Grant, Robert1814-1892Horselethill Observatory [HOG]Grantown-on-SpeyMorayshire
Greaves, John1602-1652OxfordOxfordshire
Green, Charles 1735-1771GreenwichCounty of London
Green, Georgeb.1793NottinghamNottinghamshire
Green, Henry Ernest1889-1944CambridgeCambridgeshire
Green, Nathaniel Everett1823-1899St. John’s WoodCounty of London
Gregory, Christopher Clive Langton1892-1964Mill HillEssex
Gregory, David1659-1708St Andrew’s Observatory [SAO]OxfordOxfordshire
Gregory, Edward1744-1824LangarNottinghamshire
Gregory, James1638-75AberdeenAberdeenshire
Grenville, Charles Francis1749–1809WarwickPembrokeshire
Griffith, John1860-?PonterwydCardiganshire
Griffith, John Edwards1843-1933BangorCaernarvonshire
Groombridge, Stephen1755-1832Groombridge’s Observatory [GOB]BlackheathCounty of London
Grosseteste, Robertc.1168-1253LincolnLincolnshire
Grover, Charles1842-1921RousdonDevon
Grover, Henry Montague1791-1866HitchamBuckinghamshire
Hall, Chester Moor1703-1771LeighEssex
Hall, John James1845-1941Hall’s Cottage Observatory [HCO]SloughBuckinghamshire
Hall, W.J.Fl.1899-1907 BuryLancashire
Halley, Edmond1656-1742Royal Observatory, Greenwich [ROGL]GreenwichCounty of London
Hallowes, G. P. Blackwood1867-1931 York; Harrogate; Dublin; Shrewsbury; Bournemouth; WimbourneYorkshire: North Riding; Yorkshire: West Riding; Dublin; Shropshire; Hampshire  
Holmes, Edwin1839-1919 LondonCounty of London
Halton, Immanuel1628-1699ChesterfieldDerbyshire
Hanbury, Frederick J.1851-1938Hanbury’s Brockhurst Observatory [HOB]East GrinsteadSussex
Hanbury, Williamd.1768Kelmarsh HallNorthamptonshire
Hardcastle, Joseph A.1868-1917ArmaghArmagh
Hardy      NKCambridgeCambridgeshire
Hardy, Samuel1720-1793Little BlakenhamSuffolk
Hardy, Thomas1840-1928StinsfordDorset
Hargreaves, Frederick James1871-1970BradfordYorkshire: West Riding
Harries, Thomas1871- ?LlanelliCarmarthanshire
Harriot, Thomas1560-1621Syon HouseMiddlesex
Harris, Joseph1704-1764TrefeccaBreconshire
Harrison, John1693-1776Barrow-on-HumberLincolnshire
Harrison, Majorie Hall1918-1986NottinghamNottinghamshire
Hartley, Walter Edward Tomson1878-1935NottinghamNottinghamshire
Hartley, William Ernest1877-1917CambridgeCambridgeshire
Hartnup, John1841-1892BidstonCheshire
Haslam, John Horsley1850-1904BaldhuCornwall
Hawking, Stephenb.1942CambridgeCambridgeshire
Hawks, Ellison1889-1971HullYorkshire: East Riding
Hay, William (Will) Thomson1888-1949 Norwood; HendonCounty of London
Haydon, Richard1706-1788LiskeardCornwall
Healy, Richard1634-fl.1658AylesburyBuckinghamshire
Heath Alan      NKDenbyDerbyshire
Heath, Mark Bernard Brewer1889-1963BarnstapleDevon
Heath, Thomas Edward1849-1918CardiffGlamorgan
Hedley, Hebert1859-1939MashamYorkshire: North Riding
Henderson, Alexander C.fl.1904-1906 BraeShetland  
Henderson, Thomas1798-1844DundeeMidlothian
Henkel, Frederick William1869-1913CollooneySligo
Hepburn, Patrick Henry1873-1929HampsteadCounty of London
Herapath, John1790-1868LewishamCounty of London
Herbert, John Haroldfl.1897-1901NottinghamNottinghamshire
Herschel, Alexander Stewart1836-1907LondonCounty of London
Herschel, Caroline1750-1848Herschel’s Bath Observatory [WHOB]; Herschel’s Datchet Observatory [WHOD]; Observatory House [WHOS]SloughBuckinghamshire
Herschel, Sir John Frederick William1792-1871Observatory House [WHOS]SloughBuckinghamshire
Herschel, William1738-1822Herschel’s Bath Observatory [WHOB]; Herschel’s Datchet Observatory [WHOD]; Observatory House [WHOS]SloughBuckinghamshire
Hewish, Anthonyb.1924CambridgeCambridgeshire
Higgs, George Daniel Sutton1841-1914 LiverpoolLancashire
Hills, Edmond Herbert Grove1864-1922High Head CastleCumberland
Hill, Harold1920-2005 OrrellLancashire
Hind, John Russell1823-1895Bishop’s Observatory [BORP]NottinghamCounty of London
Hindle, John1869-1942EdenfieldLancashire
Hinks, Arthur Robert1873-1945CambridgeCambridgeshire
Hippisley, Clare1843-1918Clare Hippisley’s ObservatoryBathSomerset
Hippisley, John1804-1899John Hippisley’s ObservatoryHippisley, JohnSomerset
Hitchins, Malachy1741-1809GwennapCornwall
Holden, Moses1777-1864BoltonLancashire
Holehouse , Samuel1791-1846IslingtonCounty of London
Hollis, Henry Park1858-1939GreenwichCounty of London
Hooke, Robert1635-1703Hooke’s Observatory [HOGC]LondonCounty of London
Hopper, Edwin George1880-1967SwindonWiltshire
Hornsby, Thomas1733-1810Mathematical Tower Observatory [MTOO]; Corpus Christi College Observatory [CCCO]; Radcliffe Observatory [ROO]OxfordOxfordshire
Horrocks, Jeremiah1610-1641Toxteth ParkLancashire
Hough, Sydney Samuel1870-1923Stoke NewingtonCounty of London
Housman, William Bradshaw1878-1955Housman’s Observatory [HoO]WorthingtonCumberland
Howarth, Elijah1853-1938Weston Park Museum Observatory – curatorSheffieldYorkshire: West Riding
Howell, Charles1783-1867HoveSussex
Howlett,Frederick1821-1908AltonHampshire
Hoyle, Fred1915-2001CambridgeCambridgeshire
Huddart, Joseph1741-1816Huddart’s Observatory [HOI]HighburyCounty of London
Huggins, William1824-1910Huggins’s Observatory [HOTHL]Tulse HillCounty of London
Hunt, William1873-1945Hunt’s Observatory [HuO]NottinghamNottinghamshire
Hunter, Alan1912-1995GreenwichCounty of London
Hussey, Thomas J.1792-1854Hussey’s Observatory [HOH]HayesKent
Hyde, Frank Wilsenham1909-1984 Clacton-on-SeaEssex
Ingham, Albert1900-1967NorthamptonNorthamptonshire
Innes, Robert Thorburn Ayton1861-1933EdinburghMidlothian
Irving, Ronald Nicholas1915-2005TeddingtonMiddlesex
Jackson, John1838-fl.1881NuneatonWarwickshire
Jacob, William Stephen1813-1862WoolavingtonSomerset
James, Nicholasfl.1799-1816St HilaryCornwall
Jamieson, Alexander1782-1850LondonCounty of London
Jeans, James Hopwood1877-1946OrmskirkLancashire
Jenkins, Griffith Parry1860-1940LlangefniAnglesey
Jenkins, John1803-1868SwanseaGlamorgan
Jenkins, Taliesyn Kenwin1879-?Monmouthshire
Johnson, Manuel John18051859OxfordOxfordshire
Johnson, Richard Coward      NKLiverpoolLancashire
Jones, Dan      NKCardiffGlamorgan
Jones, Dyfrig1940-1989CrwbinPembrokeshire
Jones, Evan Lewis1876-?Merthyr TyfilGlamorgan
Jones, Harold Spencer1890-1960Royal Observatory, Greenwich [ROGL]; Royal Greenwich Observatory [RGOH]KensingtonCounty of London
Jones, John1818-1898DwyranAnglesey
Jones, Johnc.1823-1900Flintshire
Jones, John Harvey1859-1896BristolSomerset
Jones, Kenneth Glyn1915-1995New TredegarMonmouthshire
Jones, Rhishard Llewelyn1865-1932Uchaf-TalybontCardiganshire
Jones, William1675-1749Llanfihangel-Tre’r-BeirddAnglesey
Kahn, Franz Daniel1926-1998Bourne EndBuckinghamshire
Keill, John1671-1721OxfordOxfordshire
Kelly, Patrick1755/6-1842Finsbury Square Academy ObservatoryLondon; StradballyCounty of London; Lois
Kersey, Henry Ernest1876-1948IpswichSuffolk
Killip, Robert1853-1913 Liverpool; Manchester; SouthportLancashire
King, Alphonso1882-1937AshbyLincolnshire
King, Johnfl.1780sAberdeenAberdeenshire
King, Mary1827-1869See Ward  
Kluber, Harald von1901-1978CambridgeCambridgeshire
Knight, Henry Sollers Gunning Sparks1828-1904Knight’s ObservatoryWinchesterHampshire  
Knobel, Edward Ball1841-1930Bocking; LondonEssex; County of London
Knott, George1835-1895Knot’s Woodcroft Observatory [KWO]; Knott’s Lodge Observatory [KLO]East BarnetHertfordshire
Knox-Shaw, Harold1885-1970Marlborough College Blackett Observatory [MCBO]St Leonards-on-SeaSussex
Lambert, Richard      NKRichard Lambert Observatory [RLO]Milton KeynesBuckinghamshire
Lamont, Johann [von]1805-1879CorriemulzieAberdeenshire
Landon, John1719-1790)PeakirkNorthamptonshire
Lane Hall [nee Thacker], Elizabeth Gladys1902-1986NottinghamNottinghamshire
Lane Hall, Arthur William1904-1993NottinghamNottinghamshire
Langdon, Roger1825-1894SilvertonDevon
Larkins, Williamfl.1760-1800Larkin’s Observatory (LOB)BlackheathCounty of London
Lassell, William1799-1880Lassell’s Starfield Observatory [LSO]LiverpoolLancashire
Lattey, Normanfl.1890sLattey’s Observatory [LO]CardiffGlamorgan
Laurence, Edward1674?-1739NorthamptonNorthamptonshire
Laurie, Stephenfl.1995Church StrettonShropshire
Lawson, Henry1774-1855Lawson’s Bath Observatory [LBO]BathSomerset
Lax, William1761-1836MarsworthBuckinghamshire
Leadbetter, Charles1681-1744CrontonLancashire
Ledger, Edmund1841-1913BarhamSuffolk
Lee, Henry Herbert1838-1920 Dinas PowysGlamorgan
Lee, John1783-1866Hartwell House Observatory [HaHO]StoneBuckinghamshire
Lepper, George Henryfl.1907-1920s LondonCounty of London
Lenham, Alan Pennell1930-1996SwindonWiltshire
Levin, Everard Arthur1872-1939Levin’s Observatory [LOS]SelseySussex
Lewis of Caerleon1450-1505CaerleonMonmouthshire
Lewis, John Robert1731-1806HolyheadAnglesey
Lewis, William James1847-1926LlanwyddelanMontgomeryshire
Lindemann, Adolph Freidrich1846-1931SidmouthDevon
Lindsay, James Ludovic1847-1913Dunecht Observatory [DuO]AberdeenAberdeenshire
Llewellyn, John Dillwyn1810-1882Pen-lle’r-gaerGlamorgan
Lloyd, John Alun1895-?Gwern-y-MynyddFlintshire
Lynn, William Thynne1835-1911 LondonCounty of London
Lockyer, Joseph Norman1836-1920Lockyer’s Wimbledon Observatory [LOWH]; Lockyer’s Hampstead Observatory [LOHH]; Solar Physics Observatory (London) [SPOSK]KensingtonCounty of London
Lockyer, Lady (Thomazine) Mary1852-1953ExeterDevon
Lockyer, Winifred Lucas1873-1934ExeterDevon
Lockyer, William James Stewart1868-1936South KensingtonCounty of London
Lofft, Capel1751-1824Bury St. EdmundsSuffolk
London, William1833-1916WoodbridgeSuffolk
Long, Roger1680-1770CambridgeCambridgeshire
Longair, Malcolm1941-DundeeAngus
Longbottom, Frederick William1850-1933ChesterCheshire
Longbottom, Gertrude1876-1935 LouthLincolnshire
Lowe, Alfredd.1856Lowe’s Observatory [LoOB]; Highfield House Observatory [HHO]NottinghamNottinghamshire
Lowe, Arthur Swann Howard1826-1888NottinghamNottinghamshire
Lowe, Edward Joseph1825-1900Lawson Beeston Observatory [LON]NottinghamNottinghamshire
Lower, Williamc.1570-1615TrefentyCarmarthanshire
Ludlam, William1717-1788St. Johns College Observatory [SJCOC]; Cockfield Tower Observatory [CTO]CambridgeCambridgeshire
Lynden-Bell, Donald1935-CambridgeCambridgeshire
Lynn, George1676-1742OundleNorthamptonshire
Lynn, William Thynne1835-1911CambridgeCambridgeshire