Founded in 1760 with the title Practical Astronomy (and with the office of Observer in the University) the title was changed in 1893.

Regius Professors of Astronomy

• Alexander Wilson MA MD (1760)
• Patrick Wilson LLD (1784)
• William Meikleham MA LLD (1799)
• James Couper MA DD (1803)
• John Pringle Nichol MA LLD (1836)
• Robert Grant MA LLD FRS (1859)
• Ludwig Wilhelm Emil Ernst Becker PhD (1893)
• William Marshall Smart MA BSc LLD (1937)
• Peter Allan Sweet MA PhD (1959)
• John Campbell Brown BSc PhD DSc FRSE FRAS, Astronomer Royal for Scotland

References

• Who, What and Where: The History and Constitution of the University of Glasgow. Compiled by Michael Moss, Moira Rankin and Lesley Richmond)

See also

• List of Professorships at the University of Glasgow