Charles Piazzi Smyth FRSE FRS FRAS FRSSA (3 January 1819 – 21 February 1900), was Astronomer Royal for Scotland from 1846 to 1888, well known for many innovations in astronomy and his pyramidological and metrological studies of the Great Pyramid of Giza.
Read more about Charles Piazzi Smyth: Astronomical Career, Pyramidological Researches, Influence of Smyth's Pyramid Theories, Marriage, Family, and Death, Honours
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