Thomas J. A. Henderson FRS FRSE
(1798-1844)
Fellow of the Royal Society, Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, first measurer of a stellar distance (from 1831), and 1st Astronomer Royal for Scotland (1834-1844)
Died aged c. 46
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Thomas J. A. Henderson FRS FRSE (1798-1844). Lived here 1840-44. Scotland's first Astronomer Royal 1834-44. from the Cape Observatory he made the first ever measurement (1831-33) of a stellar distance.
1 Hillside Crescent, Edinburgh, United Kingdom where they lived (1840-1844)