Astronomers

John Couch Adams

1819-1892
Astronomer and mathematician
Sitter in 3 portraits

Sir George Biddell Airy

1801-1892
Astronomer Royal
Sitter associated with 24 portraits

Francis Baily

1774-1844
Astronomer; President of the Astronomical Society
Sitter in 5 portraits

Sir Robert Stawell Ball

1840-1913
Astronomer and mathematician
Sitter in 8 portraits

John Bartlett

Astronomer
Sitter in 1 portrait

Alec Boksenberg

1936-
Astronomer and physicist
Sitter in 1 portrait

Guido Bonatti

died circa 1296-1300
Astronomer and astrologer
Sitter in 1 portrait

James Bradley

1693-1762
Astronomer Royal
Sitter in 4 portraits

John Campbell Brown

1947-
Regius Professor of Astronomy, University of Glasgow; Astronomer Royal for Scotland
Sitter in 1 portrait

Dame (Susan) Jocelyn Bell Burnell

1943-
Physicist and radio astronomer
Sitter in 2 portraits

Sir William Henry Mahoney Christie

1845-1922
Astronomer
Sitter in 3 portraits

Leslie John Comrie

1893-1950
Astronomer and computational mathematician
Sitter in 2 portraits

Nicolaus Copernicus

1473-1543
Polish astronomer
Sitter in 1 portrait

Philip Herbert Cowell

1870-1949
Astronomer
Sitter in 4 portraits

James Ludovic Lindsay, 26th Earl of Crawford and 9th Earl of Balcarres

1847-1913
Astronomer and book collector
Sitter associated with 7 portraits

Sir George Howard Darwin

1845-1912
Mathematician and astronomer; son of Charles Darwin
Sitter in 3 portraits

Charles Rundle Davidson

1875-1970
Astronomer
Sitter in 4 portraits

Warren de la Rue

1815-1889
Chemist and astronomer
Sitter in 5 portraits

Sir Frank Watson Dyson

1868-1939
Astronomer
Sitter in 6 portraits

Sir Arthur Eddington

1882-1944
Astronomer
Sitter in 31 portraits

Andrew Christopher Fabian

1948-
Astronomer and astrophysicist
Sitter in 1 portrait

James Ferguson

1710-1776
Astronomer, instrument maker and scientific lecturer; miniature painter
Sitter in 3 portraits

John Flamsteed

1646-1719
The first Royal Astronomer
Sitter in 8 portraits

John Knight Fotheringham

1874-1936
Historian and astronomer
Sitter in 1 portrait

Geber (Abu Musa Jabir ibn Hayyan)

circa 721-circa 815
Islamic alchemist, pharmacist, philosopher, astronomer and physicist
Sitter in 1 portrait

Sir David Gill

1843-1914
Astronomer
Sitter in 2 portraits

James Glaisher

1809-1903
Astronomer and meteorologist
Sitter in 8 portraits

Robert Grant

1814-1892
Astronomer
Sitter in 1 portrait

John Greaves

1602-1652
Astronomer and orientalist
Sitter in 2 portraits

William Michael Herbert Greaves

1897-1955
Astronomer
Sitter in 3 portraits

Christopher Clive Langton Gregory

1892-1964
Astronomer
Sitter in 1 portrait

Elizabeth Bridgetta Gulston (née Stepney)

1749 or 1750-1780
Artist, amateur astronomer and poet; wife of Joseph Gulston
Sitter in 1 portrait | Artist associated with 7 portraits

Edmond Halley

1656-1742
Astronomer
Sitter in 13 portraits

George Hartgill

before 1556-before 1598
Chaplain to the Marquess of Winchester, astronomer and astrologer
Sitter in 2 portraits

Alexander Stewart Herschel

1836-1907
Astronomer; son of Sir John Herschel
Sitter in 2 portraits

Caroline Lucretia Herschel

1750-1848
Astronomer
Sitter in 2 portraits

Sir John Frederick William Herschel, 1st Bt

1792-1871
Mathematician and astronomer; son of William Herschel
Sitter in 18 portraits | Artist of 1 portrait

Sir William Herschel

1738-1822
Astronomer
Sitter in 12 portraits

Johannes Hevelius

1611-1687
Astronomer; Mayor of Danzig
Sitter in 1 portrait

Antony Hewish

1924-2021
Radio astronomer
Sitter in 3 portraits