Person Grant; Robert (1814 - 1892) Grant Robert 1814 - 1892 British Male Grantown-on-Spey, Morayshire, Scotland 17 June 1814 Grantown-on-Spey, Morayshire 24 October 1892

The Observatory, Glasgow (1865)

Astronomy Education: King's College, Aberdeen. MA; LLD (1855, Aberdeen) Career: Entered his brother's counting house, London (1841); published 'History of Physical Astronomy' (1852); attended lectures in Paris; worked at the Royal Observatory, Greenwich; Regius Professor of Astronomy, University of Glasgow (1859); Director, Glasgow Observatory Memberships: FRAS (1850) Son of a merchant; married (1874) Elizabeth Emma Davison of Newcastle, New South Wales Fellow 01/06/1865 Sources: Bulloch's Roll; DNB Obituaries: Proc Roy Soc 1894-1895 vol 57 pp i-iii signed by E J S International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) - Ottawa 1996 ISBN 0-9696035-3-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 17 Jun 1814 - 24 Oct 1892 NA3586 21/11/2001 Andyg Pmab 28/03/2023 RS_NET\JonathanB Yes http://viaf.org/viaf/100307318 56563896-17fc-4e21-8916-4faf5ed7b194