Person:James Lindsay, 26th Earl of Crawford (1)

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James Lindsay, 26th Earl of Crawford
b.1847
d.31 Jan 1913
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Name James Lindsay, 26th Earl of Crawford
Gender Male
Birth[1] 1847
Death[1] 31 Jan 1913
Reference Number? Q336404?


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James Ludovic Lindsay, 26th Earl of Crawford and 9th Earl of Balcarres, FRS, FRAS, KT (28 July 184731 January 1913) was a British 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.

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