Edwin Dunkin (1821–98)

Astronomer. Mathematical calculator at the Royal Greenwich Observatory, 1838–40; at the magnetic and meteorological department, 1840–5; permanent Observatory staff, 1845–81; deputy astronomer royal, 1881–4. President of the Royal Astronomical Society, 1884. Employed by George Airy on a number of astronomical investigations and expeditions. His popular works included The midnight sky (1869). FRS 1876.