Author: C. Piazzi Smyth
Alternate names: S. Piazzi Smyth; Piazzi Smyth; Smyth; Charles Piazzi; 1819-1900; Charles Piazzi Smyth; C. Piazzi 1819-1900 Smyth; Smyth, C. Piazzi
Born: 1819
Died: 1900
Bio: 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 (<a href=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Piazzi_Smyth>Wikipedia</a>).