Charles Piazzi Smyth

Charles Piazzi Smyth
Charles Piazzi Smyth
Born(1819-01-03)3 January 1819
Died21 February 1900(1900-02-21) (aged 81)
SpouseJessica Duncan Piazzi Smyth
Scientific career
FieldsAstronomy
InstitutionsAstronomer Royal for Scotland

Charles Piazzi Smyth FRSE FRS FRAS FRSSA (3 January 1819 – 21 February 1900) was a British astronomer who was Astronomer Royal for Scotland from 1846 to 1888; he is known for many innovations in astronomy and, along with his wife Jessica Duncan Piazzi Smyth, his pyramidological and metrological studies of the Great Pyramid of Giza.