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of the period precluded filling the vacancy quickly. The title Royal Astronomer was never revived; Dunsink and its directorship passed in 1947 from Trinity College to the
308: 70:. Andrews' bequest also funded the eponymous professorship, which was regulated by a new college statute requiring the professor to "make regular 17: 90: 67: 253: 82: 52: 129: 303: 164: 78: 183: 115: 86: 108: 94: 157: 71: 122: 40: 214: 143: 85:, resigning as Andrews Professor, Royal Astronomer, and Director of Dunsink Observatory. The 226: 8: 150: 136: 44: 230: 249: 189: 32: 63: 174: 48: 297: 59:. Both titles fell vacant in 1921 but the professorship was revived in 1984. 215:"The Andrews' Professors of Astronomy and Dunsink Observatory, 1785–1985" 43:, that was established in 1783 in conjunction with the establishment of 36: 272: 62:
Dunsink Observatory was founded in 1785 following a bequest by
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Index

Royal Astronomer of Ireland
chair
astronomy
Trinity College Dublin
Dunsink Observatory
letters patent
King George III
Francis Andrews
Provost of Trinity College
observations of the heavenly bodies
Henry Crozier Keating Plummer
Royal Military Academy, Woolwich
civil disturbance and political upheaval
Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies
honorary title
Henry Ussher
John Brinkley
William R. Hamilton
Franz Brünnow
Robert Ball
Arthur Rambaut
Charles Joly
Edmund Whittaker
Henry Plummer
Patrick Wayman
Luke Drury
Luciano Rezzolla


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