Liverpool Astronomical Society

Partial list 1881 to 1925.

• 1881–1882, unknown
• 1882–1884, Richard Coward Johnson[8]
• 1884–1885, Thomas Henry Espinall Compton Espin[8]
• 1885–1886, Isaac Roberts[8]
• 1887–1888, William Frederick Denning[8]
• 1888–1889, Thomas Gwyn Elger[8]
• 1889–1890, Stephen Joseph Perry[8]
• 1890–1893, William Benjamin Hutchinson[9]
• 1893–1894, James Gill[10]
• 1894–1897, William Edward Plummer[8]
• 1897–1899, George Higgs[8]
• 1899–1901, society inactive
• 1901–1914, William Edward Plummer[8]
• 1914–1922, society inactive
• 1923–1925, Harold Whichello[8][11]

The laws of the Society provided for a ‘Special Observer’.[12] The Observer was to have control of the Society’s Observatory to

• 1 Corroborate the observations of Society Members.
• 2 Assist Members requiring practical help in observational Astronomy.
• 3 Undertake systematic observations on behalf of the Society.

T H E C Espin was appointed as special observer while living at West Kirby. To show compliance with task 3 Espin published ‘A Catalogue of the Magnitudes of 500 Stars in Auriga, Gemini and Leo Minor’ in volume three of the LAS Transactions in 1884.[13][14][15] He also published ‘circulars’ to the membership of the society advising on objects suitable for observation.[16]

He retained the title despite moving to Wolsingham in 1885 and Tow Law in 1888. However the title was rescinded when he resigned from the LAS in 1890.

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