Past RAS Presidents

LIST OF PRESIDENTS AND DATES OF OFFICE

Dates of Presidency	Surname	First name(s) or initials, and title
1821–23	HERSCHEL	Sir William
1823–25	COLEBROOK	H.T.
1825–27	BAILY	Francis
1827–29	HERSCHEL	Sir John Frederick William
1829–31	SOUTH	Sir James
1831–33	BRINKLEY	Bishop
1833–35	BAILY	Francis
1835–37	AIRY	Sir George Biddell
1837–39	BAILY	Francis
1839–41	HERSCHEL	Sir John Frederick William
1841–43	WROTTESLEY	Lord
1843–45	BAILY	Francis
1845–47	SMYTH	Captain W.H.
1847–49	HERSCHEL	Sir John Frederick William
1849–51	AIRY	Sir George Biddell
1851–53	ADAMS	John Couch
1853–55	AIRY	Sir George Biddell
1855–57	JOHNSON	Manuel J.
1857–59	BISHOP	George
1859–61	MAIN	Rev. Robert
1861–63	LEE	Dr. John
1863–64	AIRY	Sir George Biddell
1864–66	DE LA RUE	Warren
1866–68	PRITCHARD	Rev. Charles
1868–70	MANNERS	Adm. R.H.
1870–72	LASSELL	William
1872–74	CAYLEY	Arthur
1874–76	ADAMS	John Couch
1876–78	HUGGINS	Sir William
1878–80	LINDSAY	Lord
1880–82	HIND	J.R.
1882–84	STONE	E.J.
1884–86	DUNKIN	Edwin
1886–88	GLAISHER	J.W.L.
1888–90	CHRISTIE	W.H.M.
1890–92	TENNANT	J.F.
1892–93	KNOBEL	E.B.
1893–95	ABNEY	W. de W.
1895–97	COMMON	A.A.
1897–99	BALL	Sir Robert S.
1899–1900	DARWIN	Sir George
1900–01	KNOBEL	E.B.
1901–03	GLAISHER	J.W.L.
1903–05	TURNER	H.H.
1905–07	MAW	W.H.
1907–09	NEWALL	H.F.
1909–11	GILL	Sir David
1911–13	DYSON	F.W.
1913–15	HILL	E.H.
1915–17	SAMPSON	R.A.
1917–19	MACMAHON	P.A.
1919–21	FOWLER	Alfred
1921–23	EDDINGTON	Sir Arthur
1923–25	DREYER	J.L.E.
1925–27	JEANS	Sir James H.
1927–29	PHILLIPS	Rev. Theodore E.B.
1929–31	CROMMELIN	A.C.D.
1931–33	KNOX-SHAW	H.
1933–35	STRATTON	F.J.M.
1935–37	REYNOLDS	J.H.
1937–39	SPENCER JONES	H.
1939–41	PLUMMER	H.C.
1941–43	CHAPMAN	Sydney
1943–45	MILNE	E.A.
1945–47	PLASKETT	H.H.
1947–49	GREAVES	W.M.H.
1949–51	SMART	W.M
1951–53	DINGLE	H.
1953–55	JACKSON	J.
1955–57	JEFFRIES	Sir Harold
1957–59	STEAVENSON	W.H.
1959–61	REDMAN	R.O.
1961–63	MacCREA	Sir William Hunter
1963–65	WOOLLEY	Sir Richard
1965–67	COWLING	T.G.
1967–69	SADLER	Donald H.
1969–71	LOVELL	Sir Bernard
1971–73	HOYLE	Sir Fred
1973–75	BLACKWELL	D.E.
1975–77	SMITH	F. Graham
1977–79	COOK	A.H.
1979–81	SEATON	M.J.
1981–83	WOLFENDALE	Arnold W.
1983–85	HIDE	R.
1985–87	LYNDEN-BELL	D.
1987–89	DAVIES	R.D.
1989–90	TAYLER	R.J.
1990–92	POUNDS	K.A.
1992–94	REES	Sir M.
1994–96	JORDAN	C
1996–98	LONGAIR	M. S.
1998–2000	WILLIAMS	D. A.
2000–02	WEISS	N. O.
2002–04	BELL BURNELL	Susan Jocelyn
2004–06	WHALER	Kathryn A.
2006–08	ROWAN- ROBINSON	M.
2008–10	FABIAN	Andrew
2010–12	DAVIES	Roger
2012–14	SOUTHWOOD	David
2014-16	BARSTOW	Martin A.
2016-18	ZARNECKI	John
2018-20	CRUISE	Adrian Michael
2020-22	BUNCE	Emma
2022-	EDMUNDS	Mike