Directors of the BAA Aurora Section

Where applicable, you can access more information by clicking on the surname.

The BAA Aurora Section began life as the BAA Zodiacal Light section.

From To Title Forenames Surname
1899 1901 Percy Braybrooke Molesworth
1901 1905 Henry Osmund Barnard

Between 1905 and 1911, the section was part of the Meteor Section. In 1911, it became the BAA Aurora and Zodiacal Light section.

From To Title Forenames Surname
1911 1928 Gavin James Burns
1928 1951 William Bradshaw Housman

In 1952 the section became the Aurora Section. Between 1976 and 1982 the section was part of the solar section. In 2016 it became the Aurora and Noctilucent Clouds Section.

From To Title Forenames Surname
1952 1973 James Paton
1974 1976 J Bennet McInnes
1982 2005 Ronald Livesey
2006 2010 David Myles Gavine
2011 2016 Ken Kennedy
2016 Sandra Brantingham

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