Famous Astronomers Biography, Family, Children

Venetia Phair

Amateur Astronomer

Born: 11 July 1918/ British

John Bainbridge

Astronomer

Born: 1582 AD/ British

Sir William De Wiveleslie Abney

Astronomer

Born: 24 July 1843/ British

Simon Newcomb

Astronomer, Mathematician, Economist, Novelist,

Born: 12 March 1835/ Canadian

David H. Levy

Astronomer

Born: 22 May 1948/ Canadian

John Stanley Plaskett

Astronomer

Born: 17 November 1865/ Canadian

Hugh Ross

Astronomer, Physicist

Born: 24 July 1945/ Canadian

Zhang Heng

Cartographer, Mathematician, Astronomer,

Born: 0078 AD/ Chinese

Su Song

Cartographer, Civil Engineer, Astronomer,

Born: 1020 AD/ Chinese

Xu Guangqi

Mathematician, Astronomer, Writer

Born: 04 May 1562/ Chinese

Zu Chongzhi

Astronomer

Born: 0429 AD/ Chinese

Minggantu

Astronomer

Born: 1692 AD/ Chinese

Johann Palisa

Austrian Astronomer

Born: 06 December 1848/ Czech

Zdeněk Kopal

Astronomer

Born: 04 April 1914/ Czech

Ole Rømer

Astronomer, Physicist, Scientist, University

Born: 25 September 1644/ Danish

Peter Naur

Danish Astronomer

Born: 25 October 1928/ Danish

John Louis Emil Dreyer

Astronomer

Born: 13 February 1852/ Danish

Peter Andreas Hansen

Astronomer

Born: 08 December 1795/ Danish

Bengt Strömgren

Astronomer

Born: 21 January 1908/ Danish

Christen Sørensen Longomontanus

Astronomer

Born: 04 October 1562/ Danish

Gerard Kuiper

Astronomer

Born: 07 December 1905/ Dutch

Jan Oort

Astronomer, Scientist, University Teacher

Born: 28 April 1900/ Dutch

John Goodricke

Amateur Astronomer

Born: 17 September 1764/ Dutch

Maarten Schmidt

Astronomer

Born: 28 December 1929/ Dutch

Bart Bok

Astronomer

Born: 28 April 1906/ Dutch

Hendrik C. Van De Hulst

Astronomer

Born: 19 November 1918/ Dutch

Marcel Minnaert

Astronomer

Born: 12 February 1893/ Dutch

Dirk Brouwer

Astronomer

Born: 01 September 1902/ Dutch

Jacobus Cornelius Kapteyn

Astronomer

Born: 19 January 1851/ Dutch

Apollonius Of Perga

Astronomer

Born: 0262 BC/ Egyptian

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