Elijah Howarth FRAS (25 June 1853, Liverpool – 1 April 1938, Dronfield) was an English museum curator and astronomer.
In 1876 he was appointed curator at newly opened Sheffield City Museum in Weston Park.
He also founded the Mappin Art Gallery and High Hazels Museum.
[2] He was the founding member of the Museums Association, and served as their secretary from 1891-1909.
[3] He was trained in astronomy by John Couch Adams who also sponsored his election as a Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society in 1881.