James Lindsay, 26th Earl of Crawford
James Ludovic Lindsay, 26th Earl of Crawford and 9th Earl of Balcarres, KT, FRS, FRAS was a British astronomer, politician, ornithologist, bibliophile and philatelist. A member of the Royal Society, Crawford was elected president of the Royal Astronomical Society in 1878. He was a prominent Freemason, having been initiated into Isaac Newton University Lodge at the University of Cambridge in 1866.
Caricature of Lord Crawford by Leslie Ward
Lord Crawford aboard his yacht Valhalla in 1906
A book plate from the Bibliotheca Lindesiana
Sir David Gill was a Scottish astronomer who is known for measuring astronomical distances, for astrophotography and geodesy. He spent much of his career in South Africa.
David Gill (astronomer)
David Gill's heliometer, Provost Skene's House Museum, Aberdeen
The grave of David Gill, St Machar's Cathedral