| Authorised form of name | Grant; Robert (1814 - 1892) |
| Dates | 1814 - 1892 |
| Nationality | British |
| Place of birth | Grantown-on-Spey, Morayshire, Scotland |
| Date of birth | 17 June 1814 |
| Place of death | Grantown-on-Spey, Morayshire |
| Date of death | 24 October 1892 |
| Research field | Astronomy |
| Activity | 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)
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| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 01/06/1865 |
| Relationships | Son of a merchant; married (1874) Elizabeth Emma Davison of Newcastle, New South Wales |
| Sources | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB
Obituaries:
Proc Roy Soc 1894-1895 vol 57 pp i-iii signed by E J S |
| Virtual International Authority File | http://viaf.org/viaf/100307318 |
| Royal Society code | NA3586 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| Reference number | Title | Date |
| EC/1865/06 | Grant, Robert: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |
| NLB/6/1170 | Copy letter from Michael Foster, to Edward James Stone | 3 November 1892 |
| NLB/6/1156 | Copy letter from Theodore E James, to Messrs Harrison & Sons | 2 November 1892 |
| MS/427/249 | Copy letter from Walter White, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Prof. [Robert] Grant, FRS, Glasgow. | 19 January 1883 |
| NLB/4/508 | Copy letter from Michael Foster, to Professor Robert Grant, Fellow of the Royal Society, Observatory, Glasgow | 21 June 1890 |
| MC/5/148 | Letter from Robert Grant, 40 Hemingford Terrace, Islington, to the Secretary of the Royal Society | 6 March 1854 |
| MC/5 | Volume 5 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society | 1851-1858 |
| MC/7/226 | Letter from R [Robert] Grant, Observatory Glasgow, to W [William] Sharpey, Secretary of the Royal Society | 7 June 1865 |
| MC/7 | Volume 7 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society | 1864-1866 |
| MS/257/2/221 | First half of letter from Robert Grant, Glasgow Observatory to Allen Thomson | 16 May 1865 |
| MS/257/2/222 | Second half of letter from Robert Grant, Glasgow Observatory to Allen Thomson | 16 May 1865 |
| MS/257/2/223 | Letter from Robert Grant, Glasgow Observatory to Edward Sabine | 24 June 1865 |
| MC/14/45 | Letter from [Robert Grant], The Observatory, Glasgow, to [George Gabriel] Stokes | 8 June 1885 |
| MC/14 | Volume 14 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society | 1885-1888 |