Latymer Upper School, Hammersmith Jesus College, Cambridge
Known for
Astronomer Royal
Scientific career
Fields
Astronomy
Institutions
Royal Observatory, Greenwich
Royal Observatory at the Cape of Good Hope
Sir Harold Spencer Jones KBE FRS[1] FRSE PRAS (29 March 1890 – 3 November 1960)[2] was an English astronomer.[3][4][5][6] He became renowned as an authority on positional astronomy and served as the tenth Astronomer Royal for 23 years. Although born "Jones", his surname became "Spencer Jones".[4]
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