James Douglas, 14th Earl of Morton, KT, PRS (1702 – 12 October 1768) was a Scottish astronomer and representative peer who was president of the Philosophical Society of Edinburgh from its foundation in 1737 until his death. He also became president of the Royal Society (24 March 1764), and was a distinguished patron of science, and particularly of astronomy.
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1702 Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
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1768 (aged 65)
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