David Gill (astronomer)
Videos
Sir David Gill was a Scottish astronomer who spent most of his career as H.M. Astronomer at the Cape of Good Hope. He was born in Aberdeen, trained as a watch and clock-maker, and spent ten years in t
David Gill
Isobel Black and David Gill before their marriage
David Gill's heliometer, Provost Skene's House Museum, Aberdeen
Path of Juno showing the stars to be used for measurement of parallax.
David Thomson (physicist)
Videos
Prof David Thomson was a 19th-century Scottish physicist. He was known as Davie Thomson or later Auld Dauvit.
David Gill (astronomer)
…He spent two years at Marischal College, Aberdeen where his teachers included James Clerk Maxwell. Another important influence at university was Prof David Thomson. In 1863 they jointly repaired the university clock and both set up a new mechanical telescope at the Cromwell Tower Observatory. This was his introduction…
The grave of Prof David Thomson, churchyard of St Machar's Cathedral