William Peck (astronomer)
Sir William Peck FRSE FRAS (3 January, 1862, Castle Douglas, Kirkcudbrightshire - 7 March, 1925, Edinburgh) was a Scottish astronomer and scientific instrument maker. He was the director of the Edinburgh City Observatory from 1889 until his death.[1]
Works
- The handy star map (1880)
- The constellations and how to find them (1887)
- Popular Handbook and Atlas of Astronomy (1890)
- The observer's atlas of the heavens (1898)
- The Southern Hemisphere constellations and how to find them (1911)
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