Historical Section Meeting 2025

Saturday 31st May 2025 10:00 - 16:00

The Historical Section’s annual meeting for 2025 will take place at the Devon and Exeter Institution, Exeter, Devon.

This historic library contains many astronomical treasures (see below) – in particular, the lunar globe built by the station-master astronomer Roger Langdon (1825-1894), whose 200th birthday we will be celebrating.

The line-up is as follows:

09:50 Doors open

10:00 Welcome and housekeeping announcements

10:10 Bill Barton – “Roger Langdon”

11:05 A tour of the DEI library

12:00 Lunch. The DEI does not have a café, however the DEI is in the centre of Exeter, so there are plenty of places to eat nearby.

13:00 Welcome back

13:05 Beatrice Steele – “The Norman Lockyer Observatory and archaeoastronomy”

14:00 Carolyn Kennett – “Mary Proctor”

14:55 Afternoon break

15:05 Wayne Orchiston – “John Tebbutt”

16:00 Meeting closes (and the DEI closes too)

On Sunday 1st June, we intend to visit the Norman Lockyer Observatory in Sidmouth, Devon.