The president of the Royal Astronomical Society (prior to 1831 known as President of the Astronomical Society of London) chairs the Council of the Royal...
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The Royal Astronomical Society (RAS) is a learned society and charity that encourages and promotes the study of astronomy, solar-system science, geophysics...
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The Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society is the highest award given by the Royal Astronomical Society (RAS). The RAS Council have "complete freedom...
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Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (MNRAS) is a peer-reviewed scientific journal in astronomy, astrophysics and related fields. It publishes...
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Martin Barstow (category Presidents of the Royal Astronomical Society)
Secretary for the Royal Astronomical Society between 2005 and 2013, he was elected to be the 89th President of the Royal Astronomical Society in 2013. After...
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William McCrea (astronomer) (category Presidents of the Royal Astronomical Society)
McCrea was president of the Royal Astronomical Society from 1961 to 1963 and president of Section A of the British Association for the Advancement of Science...
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Jocelyn Bell Burnell (category Presidents of the Royal Astronomical Society)
recipients. Bell Burnell was president of the Royal Astronomical Society from 2002 to 2004, president of the Institute of Physics from October 2008 until...
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John Herschel (category Presidents of the Royal Astronomical Society)
Lagrange's solution, not excepting the all inventive Euler himself. Herschel served as president of the Royal Astronomical Society three times: 1827–1829, 1839–1841...
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Frank Watson Dyson (category Presidents of the Royal Astronomical Society)
of the Royal Society – 1901 Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh – 1906 President, Royal Astronomical Society – 1911–1913 Vice-president, Royal Society...
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Thomas Cowling (category Presidents of the Royal Astronomical Society)
Astronomical Society of the Pacific in 1985. He was elected president of the Royal Astronomical Society from 1965 to 1967. He was also awarded the Hughes Medal...
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