History of Astronomy:
What's new at this site on May 29, 2000
Some URLs have been updated.
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Persons
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A Finding List of Obituary Notes of Astronomers (1900 - 1997),
compiled by Hilmar W. Duerbeck and Beatrix Ott,
with contributions by Wolfgang R. Dick
- Contains more than 9000 bibliographical entries for obituaries and
short obituary notes.
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- Abbon de Fleury [Abbo of Fleury; Abbo von Fleury; Albo; Albon Floriacensis] (c. 945-1004)
- Adam von Bremen [Adam of Bremen] (?-c.1085)
- Wrote also on the shape of the Earth.
- Agrippa, Heinrich Cornelius [Agrippa von Nettesheim] (1486-1535)
- Ahmad Khan, Sir Sayyid (1817-1898)
- Ailly, Pierre d' [Aliacensis; Petrus de Allaco] (1350-c.1420)
- al-Farabi, Mohammed [Abu Nasr; Abu al-Nasr; Ablufarabius; Avennasar] (c. 870-950)
- Albertus Magnus [Albert the Great; Albert der Große; Graf von (Count of) Bollstädt] (c.1200-1280)
- Alembert, Jean-Baptiste Le Rond d' (1717-1783)
- Alenio [Aleni; Alenis], Giulio (1582-1644)
- Alexandre, Jacques (1653-1734)
- Althoff, Friedrich Theodor (1839-1908)
- Amiot, Jean-Joseph-Marie (1718-1793)
- Anianus (fl. 412)
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- Lagrange, Joseph-Louis (1736-1813)
- Lalande, Joseph-Jérôme Lefrançais de (1732-1807)
- Lamont, Johann von (1805-1879)
- Langley, Samuel Pierpont (1834-1906)
- Laplace, Pierre-Simon (1749-1827)
- Le Bel, Joseph Achille (1847-1930)
- Lee, Tsung-Dao (b. 1926)
- Lemaître, Georges Edouard, Abbé (1894-1966)
- Lemonnier, Pierre Charles (1715-1799)
- Leverrier [Le Verrier], Urbain-Jean-Joseph [Urbain Jean Joseph] (1811-1877)
- Levi ben Gerson [Gersonides] (1288-1344)
- Levi-Civita, Tullio (1873-1941)
- Lewis, Sir George Cornewall (1806-1863)
- Lindbergh, Charles Augustus (1902-1974)
- Solar system feature named after him. No other relation to astronomy
known to us.
- Lockyer, Joseph Norman, Sir (1836-1920)
- Lowell, Percival (1855-1916)
- Lacaille, Nicholas [Nicolas] Louis de (1713-1762)
- Lubbock, Sir John William (1803-1865)
- Lyell, Charles, Sir (1797-1875)
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Index of all persons from A to Z (updated)
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More biographies / Sources and other lists
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Obituary File
- Provides indexes to newspaper and periodical articles of obituary
information on noted actors, authors, journalists, and librarians
(including astronomers).
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Österreichisches Biographisches Lexikon (in German)
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Astronomers and Women Scientists, by Ragbir Bhathal
- "In this paper I discuss two of my oral history projects:
Australian Astronomers and Women in Australian Science."
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Historical Figures of Astronomical Interest in Ireland
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Muslim Scientists, Mathematicians and Astronomers
Before European Renaissance, 700 - 1500 C.E.
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Physics/Astronomy [Biographies]
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Biography-Sputnik
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Mathematics [Biographies]
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National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) History - Profiles in Time
- Including astronomers from the United States Coast Survey.
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An anthology of the discovery of Australia
- Including biographies of astronomers.
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Nordic Authors
- 12,000 authors and other relevant people from the Nordic countries,
including hundreds of detailed biographies.
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The Electronic Nobel Museum
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A biographical guide & index to the scientific revolution &
the republic of letters, 1450-1750
- "E-Me a name and I will search my database (80,000 records)
for particulars and source citations."
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Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL) (in German)
- Includes biographies of astronomers.
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Biography-center
- Search for links to biographies.
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Encyclopaedia Britannica Online
- Includes many biographies. For subscribers only.
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Encarta Encyclopedia
- Including short biographies.
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Encyclopedia.com
- Including short biographies.
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Information Please: On-Line Dictionary, Internet Encyclopedia
- Including short biographies.
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Personennamen (biograph. Datenbanken, Lexika u.s.w.) (in German)
- Links to biographical sources (also to English sources).
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Weitere Angebote im Internet mit historisch-biographischen Inhalten
(in German)
- Links to biographical sources (also to English sources).
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Publications
Wolfgang R. Dick