Plumian Professors
- Roger Cotes (1707–1716)
- Robert Smith (1716–1760)
- Anthony Shepherd (1760–1796)
- Samuel Vince (1796–1821)
- Robert Woodhouse (1822–1828)
- George Airy (1828–1836)
- James Challis (1836–1883)
- George Darwin (1883–1912)
- Arthur Eddington (1913–1944)
- Harold Jeffreys (1946–1958)
- Fred Hoyle (1958–1972)
- Martin Rees (1973–1991)
- Richard Ellis (1993–2000)
- Jeremiah Ostriker (2001–2003)
- Robert Kennicutt (2005–)
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