Margaret Burbidge

A cikin 1972 Burbidge ya zama darektan Royal Greenwich Observatory(RGO),akan secondment daga UCSD. Na 300 Shekaru da yawa Masanin Sararin Samaniya ya kasance yana rike da mukamin,amma lokacin da aka nada Burbidge a matsayin darektan RGO an raba mukaman,inda masanin falaki na rediyo Martin Ryle ya nada a matsayin Masanin Astronomer Royal.Burbidge wani lokacin yana danganta wannan ga jima'i, kuma a wasu lokuta ga siyasa da aka yi niyya don rage girman daraktan RGO.Burbidge ya bar RGO a cikin 1974, watanni goma sha biyar bayan shiga, saboda takaddama game da motsi na Ishaku Newton Telescope daga hedkwatar RGO a Herstmonceux Castle zuwa Roque de los Muchachos Observatory a cikin Canary Islands.