Thomas J. A. Henderson blue plaque

Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom

Thomas J. A. Henderson FRS FRSE (1798-1844). Lived here 1840-44. Scotland's first Astronomer Royal 1834-44. from the Cape Observatory he made the first ever measurement (1831-33) of a stellar distance.

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