British Astronomical Association

Supporting amateur astronomers since 1890

Presidents of the British Astronomical Association

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

Start End Title Forenames Surname
1890 1892 Captain William Noble
1892 1894 Arthur Matthew Weld Downing
1894 1896 Edward Walter Maunder
1896 1898 Nathaniel Everett Green
1898 1900 William Henry Maw
1900 1902 George Mitchell Seabroke
1902 1904 Samuel Arthur Saunder
1904 1906 Andrew Claude de la Cherois Crommelin
1906 1908 Frederick William Levander
1908 1910 Henry Park Hollis
1910 1912 Dr Edward Ball Knobel
1912 1914 Colonel Ernest Elliott Markwick
1914 1916 Rev Theodore Evelyn Rees Phillips
1916 1918 Sir Frank Watson Dyson
1918 1920 Harold Thomson
1920 1922 Patrick Henry Hepburn
1922 1924 Walter Goodacre
1924 1926 Rev Charles Douglas Percy Davies
1926 1928 Dr William Herbert Steavenson
1928 1930 Maurice Anderson Ainslie
1930 1932 Arthur Everard Levin
1932 1934 William Alfred Parr
1934 1936 Sir Harold Spencer Jones
1936 1938 Rev Dr Martin Davidson
1938 1940 Bertrand Meigh Peek
1940 1942 Francis John Sellers
1942 1944 Frederick James Hargreaves
1944 1946 Philibert Jacques Melotte
1946 1948 Frank Maurice Holborn
1948 1950 Dr John Guy Porter
1950 1952 Dr Gerald Merton
1952 1954 Edward Howard Collinson
1954 1956 Dr Reginald Lawson Waterfield
1956 1958 Dr Alan Hunter
1958 1960 Dr Henry Charles King
1960 1962 Dr Robert d’Escourt Atkinson
1962 1964 Ernest Agar Beet
1964 1966 Donald Archibald Campbell
1966 1968 William Edwin Fox
1968 1970 Gordon Ernest Taylor
1970 1972 Prof Vinicio Barocas
1972 1974 Neville James Goodman
1974 1976 Howard George Miles
1976 1978 Harold Bytham Ridley
1978 1980 James Leslie White
1980 1982 L.Cdr Humphrey Derek Howse
1982 1984 Sir Patrick Alfred Moore
1984 1986 Heather Anita Couper
1986 1987 Storm Richard Dunlop
1987 1989 Cdr Henry Roland Hatfield
1989 1991 Colin Alistair Ronan
1991 1993 Dr John Mason
1993 1995 Dr Richard John McKim
1995 1997 Maurice Victor Gavin
1997 1999 Martin Paul Mobberley
1999 2001 Dr Nicholas David Hewitt
2001 2003 Guy Hurst
2003 2005 Tom Boles
2005 2007 Dr Richard Miles
2007 2009 Roger Pickard
2009 2011 Dr David Boyd
2011 2013 Prof Bill Leatherbarrow
2013 2015 Hazel McGee
2015 2017 Prof Jeremy Shears
2017 2019 Callum Potter
2019 2021 Alan Lorrain
2021 2024 Dr David Arditti
2024 Janice McClean

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