History of Astronomy : What's new

History of Astronomy:
What's new at this site on September 3, 1999

Some URLs have been updated.

Welcome / About

• Site map (complete Table of Contents)
  updated
• Acknowledgements
  updated

History of astronomy

Observatories and other places

• Palermo, Italy
  • Osservatorio Astronomico di Palermo

Persons

• B
  • Beals, Carlyle Smith (1899-1979)
    • Very short biography
  • Bishop, Roy (20th c.)
    • Very short biography
  • Borra, Ermanno Franco (20th c.)
    • Very short biography
  • Brown, Peter (20th c.)
    • Very short biography
  • Bruce, William (1833-1927)
    • Bruce Park, Hamilton, Canada
      Including a very short biography with references.
• C
  • Cassini, Gian Domenico [Giovanni Domenico; Jean Dominique] [Cassini I] (1625-1712)
    • Short biography (Or see Italian version or French version or German version.)
  • Chalonge, Daniel (1895-1977)
    • Daniel Chalonge Museum, Erice, Italy
    • Daniel Chalonge Museum (See also here.)
    • International School of Astrophysics "Daniel Chalonge"
    • Find more about Chalonge with Alta Vista
  • Chant, Clarence Augustus (1865-1956)
    • Very short biography
  • Clifford, William Kingdon (1845-1879)
    • Short biography and references
  • Covington, Arthur Edwin (b. 1913)
    • Very short biography
• D
  • Dickinson, Terence (20th c.)
    • Very short biography
  • du Val, Patrick (1903-1987)
    • Short biography and references
• F
  • Frost, Robert Lee (1874-1963)
    • In Quest of Robert Frost, by Katharena Eiermann
      Includes biography, essays, poems, articles, photos, etc.
    • Very short biography and poems related to astronomy
    • Find more about R. Frost with Alta Vista
• G
  • Grieve, Richard A.F. (20th c.)
    • Very short biography
• H
  • Harper, William Edmund (1878-1940)
    • Very short biography
  • Herzberg, Gerhard (b. 1904)
    • Very short biography
  • Hildebrand, Alan R. (20th c.)
    • Very short biography
  • Hogg, Frank Scott (1904-1951)
    • Very short biography
  • Hogg [Sawyer Hogg, Hogg-Priestley, Sawyer-Hogg-Priestley], Helen Battles (1905-1993)
    • Very short biography
  • Hudde, Johann [Jan] van Waveren (1628-1704)
    • Short biography and references
  • Hypsicles of Alexandria [Hypsikles von Alexandria] (c. 190 BC - c. 120 BC)
    • Short biography and references
• L
  • Lane, David J. (20th c.)
    • Very short biography and links
    • Personal homepage
  • Lemay, Damien (20th c.)
    • Very short biography
  • Levy, David H. (b. 1948)
    • Very short biography
    • Personal homepage
  • Lipschitz, Rudolf Otto Sigismund (1832-903)
    • Short biography and references
  • Locke, John Lambourne (b. 1921)
    • Very short biography
  • Lucas, Francois Edouard Anatole (1842-1891)
    • Short biography and references
• M
  • Mason, Charles Max (1877-1961)
    • Short biography and references
  • Mathieu, Emile Léonard (1835-1890)
    • Short biography and references
  • Millman, Peter Mackenzie (1906-1990)
    • Very short biography
• N
  • Nekrasov, Aleksandr Ivanovich (1883-1957)
    • Short biography and references
  • Newcomb, Simon (1835-1909)
  • Short biography
• P
  • Pearce, Joseph Algernon (1893-1988)
    • Short biography
  • Plaskett, John Stanley (1865-1941)
    • Very short biography
• R
  • Reeves, Hubert (b. 1932)
    • Short biography
  • Rittenhouse, David (1732-1796)
    • Family history
  • Robins, Benjamin (1707-1751)
    • Short biography and references
• S
  • Shelton, Ian (b. 1958)
    • Very short biography
    • Personal homepage
  • Slutskij [Slutsky; Sluzki; Sluckij], Evgenij [Evgeny; Jewgeni] Evgenievich [Jewgenjewitsch] (1880-1948)
    • Short biography and references
  • Sokolov, Yurij [Yurii; Juri] Dmitrievich [Dmitrijewitsch] (1896-1971)
    • Short biography and references
  • Stewart, Robert Meldrum (1878-1954)
    • Very short biography
• V
  • Vali, Hojatollah (20th c.)
    • Very short biography
  • van den Bergh, Sidney (b. 1929)
    • Very short biography
    • Appointment to Order of Canada
    • Bibliography (Library of Congress entries)
    • Bibliography (ADS entries)
    • References (ADS entries)
    • Find more about van den Bergh with Alta Vista
• W
  • Whitehorne, Mary Lou (20th c.)
    • Very short biography
• Y
  • Young, Reynold Kenneth (1886-1977)
    • Very short biography
• Index of all persons from A to Z (updated)
• More biographies / Sources and other lists
  • Canadian Astronomers

Museums, memorials, historical places and exhibits

• Bologna, Italy
  • Observatory and Museum of Astronomy
  • Museum of Physics
    Holds also astronomical instruments.
• Erice, Italy
  • Daniel Chalonge Museum
  • Daniel Chalonge Museum (See also here.)
• Florence [Firenze, Florenz], Italy
  • History of Science Museum (information)
• Hamilton, Canada
  • Bruce Park
    Named after William Bruce (1833-1927).
• Modena, Italy
  • The Astronomy and Geophysics Museum
• Monteporzio, Italy
  • Museo Astronomico (in Italian)
• Naples (Napoli, Neapel), Italy
  • Museum of Physics - Physics Department (information)
• Padova, Italy
  • The Air and Space Museum
  • Museum of the History of Physics
    Among the exhibits is a 16th-century armillary sphere.
• Rome (Roma, Rom), Italy
  • Copernican Astronomy Museum
• Taipei, Taiwan
  • Taipei Astronomical Museum (See also here and here.)
• Mostre e Musei Astronomici
  Astronomical museums

Research and graduate institutes and departments

• Cagliari, Italy
  • Osservatorio Astronomico di Cagliari, Laboratorio di Archeoastronomia (in Italian)

Historians of astronomy

• Heck, André
  Including a list of publications

History of science

Museums, memorials, historical places and exhibits

• Como, Italy
  • The Temple of Alessandro Volta
• Italy
  • Musei Online
    Database of Italian museums.
    • Museums of science and technology
• Milan (Milano, Mailand), Italy
  • Leonardo da Vinci Science and Technology Museum (information)

Working Group for the History of Astronomy

• Meetings
  • Göttingen, September 20, 1999 (final programme now available)
• Publications
  • Electronic newsletters
    • Elektronische Mitteilungen zur Astronomiegeschichte
      Nr. 44, 3. September 1999

Wolfgang R. Dick