Astronomers M-Q

Name                                Date                    Association             Location               County

Macdonald, Thomas Logie 1901-1973 Lanarkshire
Mackay, Andrew fl.1780s-1790s Aberdeen Aberdeenshire
Maclear, Thomas 1794-1879 Maclear’s Observatory [MOB] Newtownstewart Tyrone
Madge, Ernest Alcwyn [Alewyn] 1876-1961 Swansea Glamorgan
Main, Robert 1808-1878 Upnor Kent
Malden, Anne Douglas 1881-1961 Cambridge Cambridgeshire
Maloney, Francis Joseph Terence 1917-2008 Mortlake Surrey
Manning, William Henry 1883-1952 Cambridge Cambridgeshire
Markwick, Ernest Elliott 1853-1925 Markwick’s Observatory [MaOD]; Markwick Observatory [MaOWM]; Markwick’s Observatory [MaOB] Boscombe Hampshire
Marsden, Brian Geoffrey 1937-2010 Cambridge Cambridgeshire
Marsh, Narcissus 1638-1713 Armagh Armagh
Marth, Albert 1828-1897 Bishop’s Observatory [BORP] London County of London
Martyn, Richard fl. 1808-1828 Goldsithney Cornwall
Maskelyne, Nevil 1732-1811 Royal Observatory, Greenwich [ROGL] Greenwich County of London
Mason, Charles 1728-1786 Lifford Donegal
Mattey, Sidney Batt 1886-1940 Plumstead County of London
Maunder [nee Russell], Annie Scott Dill 1868-1947 Greenwich County of London
Maunder, Edward Walter 1851-1928 Greenwich County of London
Maw, William Henry 1838-1924 Maw’s Observatory [MOO] Outwood Surrey
Maxwell, Somerset Henry 1849- Wexford
May, Charles 1800-1860 May’s Observatory [MaO] Ipswich Suffolk
McCance, James Law 1856-1903 McCance, John London; Newry County of London ; Armagh
McCance, John 1859-1893 McCance, James Law Worthing; Newry Sussex ; Armagh
McClean, Frank 1837-1904 McClean’s Ferncliffe Observatory [MCOF]; McClean’s Rushall Observatory [MCOR] Tunbridge Wells Kent
McCrea, William Hunter 1904-1999 Chesterfield Derbyshire
McEwen, William

Henry Duncan

1864-1955 Glasgow Lanarkshire
McGregor, Alexander 1834-fl.1871 Grantown Inverness
McNally, Derek 1934-2020 Mill Hill Observatory [MHOL] Mill Hill County of London
Mee, Arthur Butler Phillips 1860-1926 Llanelli Carmarthenshire
Mees, Chales Edward Kenneth 1882-1960 Catherham Surrey
Meers, Arthur William fl.1898-1907 Streatham; Beckenham Kent
Mellor, Thomas Milner 1847-1924 Huddersfield Yorkshire: West Riding
Merlin, Augustus Alfred Cornwallis Eliot 1860-1946 Merlin’s London Observatory London County of London
Merryweather, John      NK Lincoln Castle Observatory Tower [LCOT] Lincoln Lincolnshire
Merton, Gerald 1893-1983 Mill Hill County of London
Michell, John 1725-1793 Eakring Nottinghamshire
Mitchell, A.E. fl.1902-1907 Dublin Dublin
Middlehurst, Barbara 1915-1995  Penarth Glamorgan
Milburn, William 1896-1982 Tow Law Durham
Miller, John Fletcher 1816-1856 Old Observatory, Wellington Row [MiO] Whitehaven Cumberland
Mills, Caradoc 1883-1950 Llanrwst Denbighshire
Mills, Edward 1802-1865 Llanidloes Montgomeryshire
Milne, Edward Arthur 1896-1950 Hull Yorkshire: East Riding
Molyneux, Samuel 1689-1728 Molyneux’s Kew Observatory [MOK] Kew Surrey
Monck, William Henry Stanley 1839-1915 Dublin Dublin
Moore, Patrick Alfred Caldwell 1923-2012 Patrick Moore’s Observatory [PTO] Selsey Sussex
Morgan, Augustus De 1806–1871 London County of London
Morgan, John Holdsworth 1825-1908 Cambridge Cambridgeshire
Morgan-Jones, J. C. M. 1895-? Pwllheli Caernarvonshire
Morris, P.       NK Cambridge Cambridgeshire
Moss, Walter 1878-1958 Cambridge Cambridgeshire
Murdoch, James 1809-fl.1851 Garmouth Morayshire
Nasmyth, James 1808-1890 Nasmyth’s Observatory [NOH] Edinburgh Midlothian
Naylor, Frederick William 1810-1859 Nottingham Nottinghamshire
Newall, Hugh Frank 1857-1944 Newall’s Observatory [NO] Cambridge Cambridgeshire
Newall, Robert Stirling 1812-1889 Newall’s Observatory [NO] Dundee Angus
Newing, Robert Albert 1913-1984 Bangor Caernarvonshire
Newton, Isaac 1642-1727 Colsterworth Lincolnshire
Newton, John 1621-1678 Lavendon Buckinghamshire
Noble, William 1828-1904 Noble’s Observatory [NOU] Uckfield Sussex
Northrop, David      NK Northrop’s Observatory [NoO] Nottingham Nottinghamshire
Norton, Arthur Philip 1876-1955 Cardiff Glamorgan
Offord, J.M. fl.1885-1920s London County of London
Orr, Mary Acworth 1867–1949 See Evershed
Ostriker, Jeremiah 1937- Cambridge Cambridgeshire
Oughtred, William 1575-1660 Eton Buckinghamshire
Owen, Arthur Edwin Brisco 1858-1925 Ufton Nervet Berkshire
Owen, Derek -1989 Pensarn Denbighshire
Owen, Edwin Vaughan 1870-1950 Dolgellau Merionethshire
Owen, Gwilym 1880-1940 Denbigh Denbighshire
Owen, John R. -1975 Llanrhystud Cardiganshire
Owen, Owen John 1867-1960 Dolgellau Merionethshire
Palmer, John 1612-1679 Northampton Northamptonshire
Panther, Roy W. 1926-2016 Northamptonshire
Parker, D.      NK Cambridge Cambridgeshire
Parker, George, second earl of Macclesfield c.1697–1764 Shirburn Castle Observatory [UOO] Wallingford Oxfordshire
Parr, William Alfred 1865-1936 St. Albans Hertfordshire
Parry, Maldwyn Tecwyn d. c. 1988 Bangor Caernarvonshire
Parsons, Lawrence 4th earl of Rosse 1840–1908 Birr Castle Observatory [BCO] Dublin Offaly
Parsons, William, 3rd earl of Rosse 1800-1867 Birr Castle Observatory [BCO] Dublin Offaly
Pattinson, Hugh L. 1796-1858 Pattinson’s Observatory [PaO] Gateshead Durham
Payne-Gaposchkin, Cecilia Helena 1900-1979 Wendover Buckinghamshire
Peacock, George 1791-1858 Gainford Durham
Pearson, William 1767-1847 Pearson’s Observatory [POSK]; Pearson’s Temple Grove Observatory [PTGO] Whitbeck Leicestershire
Peat, Thomas 1708-1780 Nottingham Nottinghamshire
Peck, William 1862-1925 Castle Douglas Kirkcudbrightshire
Peek, Bertrand Meigh 1891-1965 Canterbury Kent
Peek, Sir Cuthbert Edgar 1855-1901 Peek’s Rousdon Observatory [PRO] Rousdon Devon
Penrose, Louisa Petitot c.1851-1938 See Freeman
Perrins, Charles William Dyson 1864-1958  Malvern Worcestershire
Perrins, James Dyson 1823-1887 Davenham Bank Observatory [DBO] Worcester Worcestershire
Perry, Geoffrey 1927-2000 Kettering Northamptonshire
Perry, Stephen Joseph 1833-1889 Stonyhurst College Lancashire
Pether, Abraham 1756-1812 Chichester Sussex
Phillips, John 1800-1874 Oxford Oxfordshire
Phillips, Theodore Evelyn Reece 1868-1942 Phillip’s Headley Observatory [POH] Headley Surrey
Phillips, William 1870-? Llandudno Caernarvonshire
Pierce, E T.       NK Cambridge Cambridgeshire
Pigott, Edward 1753-1825 Llantwit Major Glamorgan
Pigott, Nathaniel 1725-1804 York North Riding
Pither, Colin      NK Charminster Dorset
Plaskett, Harry Hemley 1893-1980 Oxford Oxfordshire
Player, John 1842-1931 Thirlestaine Hall Observatory [THO] Cheltenham Gloucestershire
Plummer, Henry Crozier Keating 1875-1946 Oxford Oxfordshire
Plummer, John Isaac 1845-1925 Cambridge Cambridgeshire
Plummer, William Edward 1849-1928 London County of London
Pogson, Norman Robert 1829-1891 Bishop’s Observatory [BORP] Nottingham Nottinghamshire
Pond, John 1767-1836 Royal Observatory, Greenwich [ROGL]; Pond’s Observatory [JPO] Greenwich County of London
Pope, John D. 1924-2001 Hersmonceux Sussex
Pope, Walter 1628-1714 London County of London
Porthouse, William 1878-1964 Manchester Lancashire
Potchett       NK Newark Nottinghamshire
Pound, James 1669-1724 Pound’s Observatory [PO]; Bradley’s Observatory [BrO] Wanstead Essex
Prentice, John Philip Manning 1903-1981 Stowmarket Suffolk
Priestley, Joseph 1733-1804 Northampton Northamptonshire
Prince, Charles Leeson 1821-1899 Prince’s Uckfield Observatory [PUO]; Prince’s Observatory [POC] Crowborough Sussex
Pritchard, Charles 1808-1893 Oxford Oxfordshire
Proctor, Richard Anthony 1837-1888 Chelsea County of London
Prydderch, John c.1582-c.1624 Nantyrhebog Carmarthenshire