Harold Spencer Jones

Sir Harold Jones
KBE FRS FRSE PRAS
Born(1890-03-29)29 March 1890
London, England
Died3 November 1960(1960-11-03) (aged 70)
Alma materLatymer Upper School, Hammersmith
Jesus College, Cambridge
Known forAstronomer Royal
Scientific career
FieldsAstronomy
InstitutionsRoyal Observatory, Greenwich Royal Observatory at the Cape of Good Hope

Sir Harold Spencer Jones KBE FRS[1] FRSE PRAS (29 March 1890 – 3 November 1960)[2] was an English astronomer.[3][4][5][6] He became renowned as an authority on positional astronomy and served as the tenth Astronomer Royal for 23 years. Although born "Jones", his surname became "Spencer Jones".[4]

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