British Astronomical Association - Historical Section


Welcome to the re-launched Historical Section!

Director - Mike Frost

Deputy Director - Lee Macdonald

Publications -

We will be producing a bi-annual electronic newsletter. Email us if you want to receive it.

Meetings -

We will be holding a  Section Meeting on Saturday November 27th at the Institute of Astronomy, Cambridge

The theme is "Twentieth-Century Astronomy". We look forward to seeing you!

Events -

We relaunched the section at the BAA Exhibition Meeting on June 26th 2010 at Greenwich

Past Directors -

1930-1944       Mary Acworth Evershed (1867-1949)

1944-1953       Howard Kelly (1904-1973)

1953-1965       Colin Alistair Ronan (1920-1995)

1965-1968       Sheila Ann Boulter

1968-1985       Ernest Agar Beet (1904-1997)

1985-1988       Commander Derek Howse (1919-1998)

1988-1993       Ian Howard-Duff 

1993-2010       Anthony John Kinder

2010-               Michael Alan Frost

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Last Updated - 11 August 2010