Sir William de Wiveleslie Abney was an English astronomer, chemist, and photographer. In his early career as a military engineer, he worked with the Royal Engineers in India and then taught at the Chatham School of Military Engineering. He developed the eponymous Abney level used in surveying.
- Occupation
- photographer, chemist, astronomer, army officer
- Position held
- president, President of the Royal Astronomical Society
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
- Born
- July 24, 1843
- Died
