Norman R. Pogson, C.I.E

Abstract

WE regret to have to announce the death of Mr. Norman Pogson, for thirty years the Director of the Observatory at Madras. Mr. Pogson has been so long absent from England that, in a sense, he may be said to have outlived his reputation; but those who can recall the condition of astronomy in this country some thirty years since will remember him as a rising astronomer of considerable promise, and as one of the most indefatigable observers at that time. If his subsequent career has not entirely fulfilled his early promise, perhaps the condition of the Madras Observatory is to some extent the cause. We believe that its astronomical equipment is very old and inadequate, and possibly Mr. Pogson has accomplished all that could be done with his instruments and his staff.