Thomas Gwyn Elger

Thomas Gwyn Elger

Thomas Gwyn Empy Elger FRAS was a British selenographer and one of the preeminent lunar observers of the Victorian age, best known for his lunar map, which was regarded as one of the best available until the 1960s. He was the first director of the Lunar Section of the British Astronomical Association (BAA), and is remembered by the lunar crater Elger.