4587 Rees are credited with the discovery of . This minor planet was named after Martin Rees (born 1942), a much awarded English cosmologist and astrophysicist who has studied the galactic evolution. Rees became Astronomer Royal and President of the Royal Society in 1995 and 2005, respectively. He is also the director of the Institute of Astronomy and a professor of astronomy at the University of Cambridge. The asteroid's name was proposed by Jan Oort, and the was published by the Minor Planet Center on 28 April 1991 (). "Rees" is an assumed, stony S-type asteroid. Other sources published by EARN assume
Walter E. Rees of South Africa. Organised rugby was disbanded during the First World War, but Rees continued his duties after the end of hostilities, and was made permanent secretary of the WFU in 1921. On 30 June 1948, Rees stood down as the secretary of the Welsh Rugby Union, a position he had held for 52 years. On 6 June 1949 Rees died, just a month after the death of his longtime president Howard Lyne. During his time as secretary, Rees had seen the growth and transformation of rugby union in Wales, and had steered the national team through its first Golden