C. Piazzi Smyth
Details
Birth Date 1819
Death Date 1900
Personal Name Smyth, C. Piazzi
Alternate Names
- S. Piazzi Smyth
- Piazzi Smyth
- Smyth
- Charles Piazzi
- 1819-1900
An English astronomer who was Astronomer Royal for Scotland from 1846 to 1888; he is known for many innovations in astronomy and his pyramidological and metrological studies of the Great Pyramid of Giza (Wikipedia).