Charles Piazzi Smyth was a British astronomer who was Astronomer Royal for Scotland from 1846 to 1888; he is known for many innovations in astronomy and, along with his wife Jessica Duncan Piazzi Smyth, his pyramidological and metrological studies of the Great Pyramid of Giza.
- Occupation
- astronomer, anthropologist, painter, photographer
- Position held
- Astronomer Royal for Scotland
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
- Born
- January 3, 1817
- Died
- February 21, 1900
