What is Robert Innes?
[[File:Robert_Thorburn_Ayton_Innes00.jpg|thumb]] '''Robert Thorburn Ayton Innes''' [[FRSE]] [[Royal Astronomical Society|FRAS]] (born 10 November 1861, died 13 March 1933) was a Scottish [[astronomer]]. He is best known for discovering [[Proxima Centauri]] in 1915, and many [[Binary star|binary stars]]. He was also the first astronomer to have seen the [[C/1910 A1|Great January Comet of 1910]], on 12 January. He was the founding director of a [[Meteorology|meteorological]] observatory in [[Johannesburg]], which was later converted to an astronomical [[observatory]] and renamed to [[Union Observatory]]. He was the first Union Astronomer. '''Innes House''', designed by [[Herbert Baker]], built as his residence at the observatory, today houses the [[South African Institute of Electrical Engineers]]. {{DEFAULTSORT:Innes, Robert Thor Ayn}} [[Category:British astronomers]] [[Category:1861 births]] [[Category:1933 deaths]]