Memorial to Charles & Jessie Piazzi Smyth
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Memorial to Charles & Jessie Piazzi Smyth
Image: © Kevin Waterhouse Taken: 7 Jul 2013
Charles was Astronomer Royal for Scotland who together with his wife Jessie had travelled to distant lands for science. This included Egypt apparently and this pyramid is in the churchyard of St John
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Image Location
Latitude
54.143607
Longitude
-1.500619