History of Astronomy : What's new

History of Astronomy:
What's new at this site on July 22, 1999

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• Site map (complete Table of Contents)
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• Acknowledgements
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History of astronomy

Persons

• A
  • Alenio, Giulio (1582-1644)
    • Short biography and references
      From the Catholic Encyclopedia, 1913
  • Alexandre, Dom Jacques (1653-1734)
    • Short biography and reference
      From the Catholic Encyclopedia, 1913
  • Arnaldus Villanovanus [Arnaldus of Villanueva] (1235/1240-1312/1313)
    • Short biography and references
      From the Catholic Encyclopedia, 1913
• B
  • Bardesanes [Bar-Daisan] (154(164?)-222)
    • Short biography and references
      From the Catholic Encyclopedia, 1913
  • Bouvet, Joachim (?-1732)
    • Short biography and references
      From the Catholic Encyclopedia, 1913
• C
  • Castner [Kastner], Caspar (1655-1709)
    • Short biography and references
      From the Catholic Encyclopedia, 1913
  • Cauchy, Augustin Louis [Augustin-Louis] (1789-1857)
    • Short biography and references
      From the Catholic Encyclopedia, 1913
  • Cavalieri, Bonaventura (1598?-1647)
    • Short biography and references
      From the Catholic Encyclopedia, 1913
• D
  • Delisle, Guillaume (1675-1726)
    • Short biography and references
      From the Catholic Encyclopedia, 1913
  • Dicuil (fl. 8th c.)
    • Short biography and references
      From the Catholic Encyclopedia, 1913
• E
  • Englefield, Henry Charles (1752-1822)
    • Short biography
      From the Catholic Encyclopedia, 1913
• F
  • Fizeau, Armand-Hippolyte-Louis [Armand Hippolyte Louis] (1819-1896)
    • Short biography and references
      From the Catholic Encyclopedia, 1913
    • Short biography and reference (in German)
    • Very short biography
    • Very short biography
    • Britannica Online entries
    • Crater Fizeau (lunar feature)
    • Find more about Fizeau with Alta Vista
  • Foucault, Jean Bernard Léon [Jean-Bertrand-Léon] (1819-1868)
    • Short biography
      From the Catholic Encyclopedia, 1913
    • Very short biography and links
  • Fraunhofer, Joseph von (1787-1826)
    • Short biography and references
      From the Catholic Encyclopedia, 1913
• G
  • Gaubil, Antoine (1689-1759)
    • Short biography and references
      From the Catholic Encyclopedia, 1913
  • Gerbillon, Jean-François (1654-1707)
    Missionary, determined the latitude and longitude of places in Tatary.
    • Short biography and references
      From the Catholic Encyclopedia, 1913
  • Gregory of Tours [orig. Georgius Florentius; Germ. Gregor von Tours] (538/9-593/4)
    • Short biography
      From the Catholic Encyclopedia, 1913
  • Grimaldi, Francesco Maria (1618-1663)
    • Short biography and references
      From the Catholic Encyclopedia, 1913
• H
  • Hell [Höll], Maximilian [Miksa] (1720-1792)
    • Short biography and references
      From the Catholic Encyclopedia, 1913
  • Hengler, Lorenz [Engl. also Lawrence] (1806-1858)
    • Short biography and references
      From the Catholic Encyclopedia, 1913
• I
  • Inghirami, Giovanni (1779-1851)
    • Short biography and references
      From the Catholic Encyclopedia, 1913
• J
  • Jean de Counnout [Jean de Connaught; Jean de Saxonia] (fl. 1331-1355)
    • Short biography and references
      From the Catholic Encyclopedia, 1913
  • Johannes de Sacrobosco [de Sacro Bosco; John of Holywood] (c.1195-1256)
    • Short biography
  • John XXI, Pope [orig. Peter Juliani] (1215(?)-1277)
    • Short biography and references
      From the Catholic Encyclopedia, 1913
• K
  • Kögler, Ignaz [Ignatius] (1680-1746)
    • Short biography and references
      From the Catholic Encyclopedia, 1913
• L
  • Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519)
    • Biography and references
      From the Catholic Encyclopedia, 1913
• M
  • Mazzolini, Sylvester [Mozolini; Prierias] (1460-1523)
    • Short biography and references
      From the Catholic Encyclopedia, 1913
• N
  • Notker Labeo (c.950-1022)
    • Short biography and references
      From the Catholic Encyclopedia, 1913
• P
  • Palmieri, Luigi (1807-1896)
    • Short biography and references
      From the Catholic Encyclopedia, 1913
  • Perry, Stephen Joseph (1833-1889)
    • Short biography and references
      From the Catholic Encyclopedia, 1913
• R
  • Régis, Jean-Baptiste (1663/4-1738)
    • Short biography and references
      From the Catholic Encyclopedia, 1913
• S
  • Sands, Benjamin F. (1812-1883)
    • Short biography and references
      From the Catholic Encyclopedia, 1913
  • Scheiner, Christoph (1575-1650)
    • Short biography and references
      From the Catholic Encyclopedia, 1913
  • Serpieri, Alessandro (1823-1885)
    • Short biography and references
      From the Catholic Encyclopedia, 1913
  • Sestini, Benedict (1816-1890)
    • Short biography and references
      From the Catholic Encyclopedia, 1913
  • Sophronius (fl. 445)
    • Short biography and references
      From the Catholic Encyclopedia, 1913
  • Stansel, Valentin (1621-1705)
    • Short biography and references
      From the Catholic Encyclopedia, 1913
• T
  • Thierry of Freburg [Thierry of Saxony] (fl. 1293-1310)
    • Short biography and references
      From the Catholic Encyclopedia, 1913
  • Thomas Aquinas (1224/25/27-1274)
    • Biography
      From the Catholic Encyclopedia, 1913
  • Toaldo, Giuseppe (1719-1797)
    • Short biography and reference
      From the Catholic Encyclopedia, 1913
  • Toscanelli, Paolo dal Pozzo (1397-1482)
    • Short biography and references
      From the Catholic Encyclopedia, 1913
  • Triesnecker, Franz von Paula [Francis a Paula] (1745-1817)
    • Short biography
      From the Catholic Encyclopedia, 1913
• U
  • Ulloa, Antonio de (1716-1795)
    • Short biography and references
      From the Catholic Encyclopedia, 1913
  • Urdaneta, Andrés (1498-1568)
    • Short biography and references
      From the Catholic Encyclopedia, 1913
• V
  • Verbiest, Ferdinand (1623-1688)
    • Short biography and references
      From the Catholic Encyclopedia, 1913
  • Vergilius of Salzburg [Virgilius; Irish Fergal, Ferghil, or Feirghil] (?-789)
    • Short biography and references
      From the Catholic Encyclopedia, 1913
  • Verne, Jules (1828-1905)
    • Short biography and references
      From the Catholic Encyclopedia, 1913
    • Find more about Verne with Alta Vista
  • Vernier, Pierre (c.1580-1637)
    • Short biography and references
      From the Catholic Encyclopedia, 1913
  • Vespucci, Amerigo (1451-1512)
    • Short biography and references
      From the Catholic Encyclopedia, 1913
  • Vico, Francesco de (1805-1848)
    • Short biography and references
      From the Catholic Encyclopedia, 1913
  • Vincentius Bellovacensis [Engl. Vincent of Beauvais; Germ. Vincenz von Beauvais] (c.1190-c.1264)
    • Short biography and references
      From the Catholic Encyclopedia, 1913
• W
  • Walmesley, Charles (1722-1797)
    • Short biography and references
      From the Catholic Encyclopedia, 1913
  • Wegg-Prosser, Francis Richard (1824-1911)
    • Short biography and references
      From the Catholic Encyclopedia, 1913
  • Wilhelm von Hirsau [Wilhelm der Selige; Engl. William of Hirsau; Blessed William] (?-1091)
    • Short biography and references
      From the Catholic Encyclopedia, 1913
  • William of Conches (c.1100-?)
    • Short biography and references
      From the Catholic Encyclopedia, 1913
  • William of Moerbeke (c.1215-1286)
    • Short biography and references
      From the Catholic Encyclopedia, 1913
  • Windischmann, Karl Joseph Hieronymus (1775-1839)
    • Short biography and references
      From the Catholic Encyclopedia, 1913
• X
  • Ximenes, Didacus (?-1560)
    • Short biography and references
      From the Catholic Encyclopedia, 1913
• Index of all persons from A to Z (updated)
• More biographies / Sources and other lists
  • Catholic Encyclopedia
    Includes biographies of astronomers.

Archives and libraries

• Germany
  • WEBIS - Sammelschwerpunkte an deutschen Bibliotheken (in German)
    • Sammelschwerpunkt Astronomie. Astrophysik. Weltraumforschung
      Darunter Geschichte der Astronomie. Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek Göttingen

Publications

• Publishers' and booksellers' catalogues
  • Everything in the Universe
    Offers some history of astronomy items.

Other sources of information

• Renaissance Astronomy
  Slide set by Owen Gingerich

Meetings

• History of Astronomy Conference Calendar 1999 (updated)

Historians of astronomy

• Carvalho, J. P. Maurício de
• Hadrava, Petr
  Including a list of selected publications
• Harper, Bill
  Including a list of recent publications
• Idlis, Grigorij Moiseevich
  Including a list of publications (in Russian)
• Kochhar, Rajesh
  Including a list of recent publications
• MacLaren, Bruce
• McCarthy, Daniel P.
  Including a list of recent publications and some postscript copies of publications.
• Peters, Jim
• Pustylnik, Izold
  Including a list of publications
• Sperling, Norm
• Urton, Gary
  Including a list of selected publications
• Usher, Peter D.
  Including a list of publications
• Wenning, Carl J.
  Including a list of recent publications

History of science

Archives and libraries

• Germany
  • WEBIS - Sammelschwerpunkte an deutschen Bibliotheken (in German)
    • Sammelschwerpunkt Allgemeine Wissenschaftstheorie
      Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek Göttingen
    • Sammelschwerpunkt Geschichte der Medizin und der Naturwissenschaften
      Universitätsbibliothek Leipzig
    • Sammelschwerpunkt Technikgeschichte
      Sächsische Landesbibliothek - Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek Dresden

Working Group for the History of Astronomy

• Publications
  • Electronic newsletters
    • Elektronische Mitteilungen zur Astronomiegeschichte
      Nr. 42, 21. Juli 1999

Wolfgang R. Dick