lunar crater Main is named after Robert Main, and there is also a crater on Mars named after him. References V. L. Hilts "A Guide to Francis Galton's English Men of Science" Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc. (New Ser.) 65 (5), 1-85 (1975) B. C. Williams George Eliot; a biography (1936) External links Obituary Robert Main's grave in St Sepulchre's Cemetery, with biography Correspondence with Charles Darwin 1808 births 1878 deaths 19th-century British astronomers 19th-century English Anglican priests People from Upnor Alumni of Queens' College, Cambridge Fellows of the Royal Society Recipients of the Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society Presidents of the Royal Astronomical Society Fellows of Queens' College, Cambridge Burials at St Sepulchre's Cemetery