astronomer
James Lindsay, 26th Earl of Crawford.
British politician, astronomer, ornithologist, bibliophile and philatelist. (1847-1913)
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About James Lindsay, 26th Earl of Crawford
James Ludovic Lindsay, 26th Earl of Crawford and 9th Earl of Balcarres, KT, FRS, FRAS was a Scottish astronomer, politician, ornithologist, bibliophile, and philatelist. A member of the Royal Society, Crawford was elected president of the Royal Astronomical Society in 1878. He was a prominent Freemason, having been initiated into Isaac Newton University Lodge at the University of Cambridge in 1866.
Everything about James Lindsay, 26th Earl of Crawford →- Occupation
- astronomer, politician, philatelist
- Position held
- member of the 22nd Parliament of the United Kingdom, member of the 21st Parliament of the United Kingdom, President of the Royal Astronomical Society, member of the House of Lords
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
- Born
- July 28, 1847
- Died
- January 31, 1913