History of Astronomy : Persons

History of Astronomy: Persons (B)

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• Baade, Wilhelm Heinrich Walter (1893-1960)
  • Short biography, photo, references, and links (Bruce medal.)
  • Short biography and reference
  • Short biography and references (in German)
  • Short biography (Eric Weisstein's Treasure Trove)
  • Short biography (in French)
  • Very short biography
  • Very short biography
  • Very short biography
  • Very short biography
  • Walter Baade and the Southern Hemisphere, by D.E.Osterbrock
    Abstract
  • Crater Baade (lunar feature)
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• Babbage, Charles (1792-1871)
  • Extended biography and bibliography
  • Biography and references
  • Biography (27 Oct 1997: disappeared)
  • Short biography and references
  • Short biography
  • Short biography, references and links (MacTutor Hist. Math.)
  • Short biography and references
  • Short biography (Encycl. Brit.)
  • Very short biography and references
  • Bibliography
  • Charles Babbage Institute of Computer History (CBI)
  • Links to WWW sources and references
  • Links to WWW sources
  • Links to WWW sources
  • Crater Babbage (lunar feature)
• Babcock, Harold Delos (1882-1968)
  • Short biography, photo, references, and links (Bruce medal.)
  • Very short biography (Encycl. Brit.)
  • Very short biography
  • Portraits
  • Crater Babcock (lunar feature)
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• Babcock, Horace Welcome (b. 1912)
  • Short biography, photo, references, and links (Bruce medal.)
  • Very short biography (Encycl. Brit.)
• Bache, Alexander Dallas (1806-1867)
  • Very short biography and references
  • Very short biography
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• Bachmann, Augustus Quirinus [Rivinus] (1652-1723)
  • Biographical data and references
• Backlund, Jöns Oskar (1846-1916)
  • Short biography, photo, references, and links (Bruce medal.)
• Bacon, Francis (1561-1626)
  • Biography and extended bibliography (Encycl. Brit.)
  • Short biography, bibliography and links
  • Short biography, references and links
  • Short biography and references (in German)
  • Short biography (Eric Weisstein's Treasure Trove)
  • Texts
  • The Essays
    Search for "astro" in these essays. Astronomers and astrology are mentioned several times.
  • Bibliography
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• Bacon, Roger (c.1220-c.1292)
  • Biography and references (Encycl. Brit.)
  • Biography and references
    From the Catholic Encyclopedia, 1913
  • Short biography and references
  • Short biography and references (MacTutor Hist. Math.)
  • Short biography and extended bibliography (in German)
  • Short biography
  • Very short biography (Eric Weisstein's Treasure Trove)
• Baer, Karl Ernst von (1792-1876)
  • Short biography and references (Encycl. Brit.)
  • Very short biography (Eric Weisstein's Treasure Trove)
• Baeyer, Johann Jacob (1794-1885)
  • Short biography and references (in German)
  • Portrait and reference
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• Baffin, William (c.1584-1622)
  • Short biography (Encycl. Brit.)
  • Very short biography
• Baillaud, Édouard Benjamin (1848-1934)
  • Short biography, photo, references, and links (Bruce medal.)
  • Benjamin Baillaud Telescope
  • Télescope Benjamin Baillaud (in French)
• Bailly, Jean Sylvain (1736-1793)
  • Short biography (Encycl. Brit.)
  • Very short biography
  • Very short biography
• Baily, Francis (1774-1844)
  • Short biography (Encycl. Brit.)
  • Very short biography
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• Bainbridge, John (1582-1643)
  • Short biography (Encycl. Brit.)
• Baker, Henry Frederick (1866-1956)
  • Short biography and references (MacTutor Hist. Math.)
• Baldwin, John (fl. 20th c.)
  • Very short biography (Eric Weisstein's Treasure Trove)
• Baldwin, Joseph Mason (1878-1945)
  • Short biographical data and archival sources
  • Biographical data and bibliography
• Ball, Leo Anton Carl de (1853-1916)
  • de Ball and the Kuffner Observatory
  • de Ball und die Kuffner-Sternwarte (in German)
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• Ball, Robert Stawell (1840-1913)
  • Biography and references
  • Ball, Robert Stawell: The Story of the Heavens, 1885
    Some scanned pages from the book.
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• Balmer, Johann Jakob (1825-1898)
  • Short biography and references (MacTutor Hist. Math.)
  • Short biography (in German)
  • Very short biography (Encycl. Brit.)
  • Very short biography (Eric Weisstein's Treasure Trove)
  • Very short biography
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• Bamberg, Carl (1847-1892)
  • Short biography
• Bancroft, George (1800-1891)
  • Very short biography (See also here.)
• Banneker, Benjamin (1731-1806)
• Banting, Frederick Grant (1891-1941)
  Solar system feature named after him. No other relation to astronomy known to us.
  • The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1923
    Including a short biography.
  • Short biography (Encycl. Brit.)
  • Short biography
  • Short biographical data (23 Oct 2000: disappeared)
  • Very short biographical data and links
  • Crater Banting (lunar feature)
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• Banu Musa, Muhammad / Ahmad / al-Hasan (fl. 9th c.)
  • Very short biography
• Bappu, Manali Kallat Vainu (1927-1982)
  • Short biography and references (24 Aug 1999: disappeared)
• Bar Hebræus [Bar 'Ebraya; Abu'l Faraj] (1226-1286)
  • Short biography and references
    From the Catholic Encyclopedia, 1913
  • Short biography (Encycl. Brit.)
• Baracchi, Pietro Paolo Giovanni Ernesto (1851-1926)
  • Short biographical data
  • Biographical data and bibliography
• Baranzano, Giovanni Antonio [Redento] (1590-1622)
  • Biographical data and references
• Barberini, Maffeo: see Urban VIII
• Barbier, Joseph Émile (1839-1889)
  • Very short biography and references (MacTutor Hist. Math.)
• Barclay, Andrew (c.1814-1900)
  • Andrew Barclay and his Telescopes, by Dave Gavine
• Bardesanes [Bar-Daisan] (154-c.222)
  • Short biography and references
    From the Catholic Encyclopedia, 1913
  • Short biography (Encycl. Brit.)
• Barkly, Henry (1815-1898)
  • Short biographical data and archival sources
  • Short biography (Encycl. Brit.)
• Barlow, Peter (1776-1862)
  • Short biography and references (MacTutor Hist. Math.)
  • Short biography (Encycl. Brit.)
  • Short biography
  • Very short biography
• Barnard, Edward Emerson (1857-1923)
  • Biography and references, by Florence M. Kelleher
  • Short biography, photo, references, and links (Bruce medal.)
  • Short biography (Encycl. Brit.)
  • Very short biography and references (Eric Weisstein's Treasure Trove)
  • Very short biography
  • Very short biography
  • The Bruce Photographic Telescope of the Yerkes Observatory, by E. E. Barnard
    From Astrophysical Journal, Vol 21, Jan-Jun 1905.
• Barnard, Frederick Augustus Porter (1809-1889)
  • Short biography and references
• Barnum, Charlotte Cynthia (1860-1934)
  • Short biography
• Barocius [Barozzi], Franciscus [Francesco] (1537-1604)
  • Biographical data and references
  • Short biography and references (MacTutor Hist. Math.)
• Barrett, Alan Hildreth (1927-1991)
  • Obituary
• Barrow, Isaac (1630-1677)
  • Biography
  • Biographical data and references
  • Short biography and references (MacTutor Hist. Math.)
  • Short biography (Encycl. Brit.)
  • Bibliography
• Bartholin, Erasmus (1625-1698)
  • Biographical data and references
  • Short biography and references (MacTutor Hist. Math.)
  • Very short biography (Encycl. Brit.)
  • Very short biography (Eric Weisstein's Treasure Trove)
• Bartholomaeus Anglicus [Engl. Bartholomew The Englishman] (fl. c. 1220-1240)
  • Short biography and references
    From the Catholic Encyclopedia, 1913
  • Very short biography (Encycl. Brit.)
• Bartsch, Jacob (1599/1600-1632/33)
  • Short biographical data
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• Basov, Nikolay Gennadiyevich [Bassow, Nikolai Gennadijewitsch] (b. 1922)
  • Short biography (Encycl. Brit.)
  • The Nobel Prize in Physics 1964
    Including a short biography
• Bates, Richard Heaton Tunstall (1929-1990)
  • Obituary and bibliography
• Bay, Zoltán (1900-1992)
  • Very short biography and reference (Eric Weisstein's Treasure Trove)
• Bayer, Johann (1572-1625)
  • Biographical data and references
  • Short biography (Encycl. Brit.)
  • Very short biography (Eric Weisstein's Treasure Trove)
  • Very short biography
  • Constellations named by Bayer
• Beals, Carlyle Smith (1899-1979)
  • Very short biography
• Beames, Ken (1899-1989)
  • Short biography (See also here.)
• Bean, Alan LaVern (b. 1932)
  • Very short biography
• Beaugrand, Jean (c.1595-c.1640)
  • Biographical data and references
  • Short biography and references (MacTutor Hist. Math.)
• Beaune, Florimond de: see Debeaune, Florimond (1601-1652)
• Beck, Aloys, Edler von Widmannstätten: see Widmannstätten, Alois von Beckh- (1753/54-1849)
• Becquerel, Alexandre Edmond (1820-1891)
  • Very short biography, bibliography and references (Eric Weisstein's Treasure Trove)
• Becquerel, Antoine Henri (1852-1908)
  • Biography and references (Encycl. Brit.)
  • Short biography and references (Eric Weisstein's Treasure Trove)
  • Crater Becquerel (lunar feature)
• Beda Venerabilis [Baeda; Engl. The Venerable Bede] (c.673-735)
  • Short biography and references (Encycl. Brit.)
  • Short biography
    From the Catholic Encyclopedia, 1913
  • Very short biography (Eric Weisstein's Treasure Trove)
• Beeckman, Isaac (1588-1637)
  • Biographical data and references
• Beer, Wilhelm (1797-1850)
  • Short biography (Encycl. Brit.)
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• Behaim, Martin (1459-1507)
  • Short biography and references
    From the Catholic Encyclopedia, 1913
  • Short biography (Encycl. Brit.)
  • Short biography (in French)
  • Very short biography
  • Very short biography
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• Belfield, Algernon H. (? - ?)
  • Archival sources
• Belgrado, Jacopo [Giacopo] (1704-1789)
  • Short biography and references
    From the Catholic Encyclopedia, 1913
  • Short biography
• Bell, Alexander Graham (1847-1922)
  Solar system feature named after him. No other relation to astronomy known to us.
  • Short biography and references (Encycl. Brit.)
  • Very short biography (Eric Weisstein's Treasure Trove)
  • Crater Bell (lunar feature)
• Bell Burnell [Bell; Bell-Burnell], Susan Jocelyn (b. 1943)
  • Short biography and references
  • Short biography (in German)
  • Very short biography
  • Very short biography
  • Little Green Men, White Dwarfs or Pulsars?, by S. Jocelyn Bell Burnell
    Personal story of the discovery of Pulsars. With a very short biography of the author.
  • The woman who discovered pulsars: An Interview with Jocelyn Bell-Burnell, by Kate Marsh Weatherall (Or see here.)
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• Bellarmino [Bellarmine], Roberto [Robert] (1542-1621)
  • Biography
  • Short biography and references (Encycl. Brit.)
  • Short biography
• Belopolskij [Belopolsky], Aristarkh Apollonovich [Aristarch Apollonowitsch] (1859-1934)
  • Very short biography
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• Benedetti, Giovanni Battista (1530-1590)
  • Biographical data and references
  • Short biography and references (MacTutor Hist. Math.)
  • Very short biography
• Benoît, Michel (1715-1774)
  • Short biography and references
    From the Catholic Encyclopedia, 1913
• Bennett, Willard Harrison (1903-1987)
  • Very short biography
• Benzenberg, Johann Friedrich (1777-1849)
  • Short biography and references (in German)
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• Berenice II (c. 269 BC-221 BC)
  • Short biography (Encycl. Brit.)
• Bergstrand, Carl Östen Emanuel (1873-1948)
  • Very short biographical data and links
• Bernacchi, Louis Charles (1876-1942)
  • Short biographical data and bibliography
  • Very short biography
• Bernoulli (family)
  • Short biographies
  • Short biographies and references (in German)
  • Very short biographies
• Bernoulli, Daniel (1700-1782)
  • Short biography and references (MacTutor Hist. Math.)
  • Short biography and reference (Eric Weisstein's Treasure Trove)
  • Short biography (Encycl. Brit.)
  • Short biography and reference (Eric Weisstein's Treasure Trove)
• Bernoulli, Jacob [Jakob, Jacques] (1654-1705)
  • Biographical data and references
  • Short biography and references (MacTutor Hist. Math.)
  • Short biography and references (Eric Weisstein's Treasure Trove)
  • Short biography (Encycl. Brit.)
  • Short biography
  • Links to WWW sources
• Bernoulli, Johann [Jean] (1667-1748)
  • Biographical data and references
  • Short biography and references (MacTutor Hist. Math.)
  • Short biography and references (Or see here.)
  • Short biography and reference (Eric Weisstein's Treasure Trove)
  • Short biography (Encycl. Brit.)
• Bernstein, Jeremy (b. 1929)
  • Short biography (Encycl. Brit.)
• Berosus [Berosós; Berossós; Berossos von Babylon; Akkadian Bel-usur] (c. 345 BC - c. 270 BC)
  • Short biography and references
    From the Catholic Encyclopedia, 1913
  • Short biography (Encycl. Brit.)
• Berthoud, Ferdinand (1727-1807)
  • Short biography (Encycl. Brit.)
• Berti, Gasparo [Gaspar] (c.1600-1643)
  • Biographical data and references
  • Very short biography (Eric Weisstein's Treasure Trove)
• Bertrand, Joseph Louis François (1822-1900)
  • Short biography and references (MacTutor Hist. Math.)
  • Short biography, bibliography and references (Eric Weisstein's Treasure Trove)
  • Short biography (Encycl. Brit.)
• Berzelius, Jöns Jacob (1779-1848)
  Solar system feature named after him. No other relation to astronomy known to us.
  • Short biography (Encycl. Brit.)
  • Short biography (Eric Weisstein's Treasure Trove)
• Bessel, Friedrich Wilhelm (1784-1846)
• Bessemer, Henry, Sir (1813-1898)
  • Short biography (Encycl. Brit.)
• Bethe, Hans Albrecht (b. 1906)
  • Short biography, references and links (Bruce medal.)
  • Short biography and references (Encycl. Brit.)
  • Short biography and bibliography (Eric Weisstein's Treasure Trove)
  • Short biography
  • Short biography
  • Very short biography
• Bevis, John (1695-1771)
  • Short biography, references, links (H. Frommert, C. Kronberg)
• Bhabha, Homi Jehangir (1909-1966)
  • Biography (24 Aug 1999: disappeared)
  • Very short biography (Eric Weisstein's Treasure Trove)
  • Very short biography
• Bhaskara (1114-c.1185)
  • Short biography and references (MacTutor Hist. Math.)
  • Short biography (Encycl. Brit.)
  • Very short biography
• Bianchini, Francesco (1662-1729)
  • Very short biography and about his Hesperi et Phosphori
• Bickel, Lennard (fl. 20th c.)
  • Very short biography and archival sources
• Biela, Wilhelm von (1782-1856)
  • Very short biography
  • Comet 3D/Biela
  • Biela's Comet (Encycl. Brit.)
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• Biermann, Ludwig Franz Benedikt (1907-1986)
  • Short biography, photo, references, and links (Bruce medal.)
• Biggs, Alfred Barrett (1825-1900)
  • Short biographical data and archival sources
  • Short biographical data and bibliography
• Bigourdan, Guillaume (1851-1932)
  • Guillaume Bigourdan (1851-1932) et l'Astronomie Française (in French)
    Exhibition at Auvillar (Tarn-et-Garonne), France, 14 June to 30 August 1997
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• Bilfinger, Georg Bernhard (1693-1750)
  • Short biography (Encycl. Brit.)
• Billy, Jacques de (1602-1679)
  • Biographical data and references
  • Short biography and references (MacTutor Hist. Math.)
• Binet, Jacques-Philippe-Marie [Jacques Philippe Marie] (1786-1856)
  • Short biography and reference (MacTutor Hist. Math.)
  • Short biography and references
    From the Catholic Encyclopedia, 1913
• Biot, Jean-Baptiste [Jean Baptiste] (1774-1862)
  • Short biography and references (MacTutor Hist. Math.)
  • Short biography and references
    From the Catholic Encyclopedia, 1913
  • Short biography (Encycl. Brit.)
  • Short biography (in German)
  • Very short biography (Eric Weisstein's Treasure Trove)
  • Very short biography
  • Very short biography
• Birch, Peter Vaughan (b. 1949)
  • Short biographical data and archival sources
• Birkhoff, George David (1884-1944)
  • Short biography and references (MacTutor Hist. Math.)
  • Short biography and bibliography (Eric Weisstein's Treasure Trove)
  • Short biography (Encycl. Brit.)
  • Very short biography and reference
  • Very short biography
• Bishop, Roy (fl. 20th c.)
  • Very short biography
• Bjerknes, Vilhelm Frimann Koren (1862-1951)
  • Short biography and references (MacTutor Hist. Math.)
  • Short biography (Encycl. Brit.)
• Blaauw, Adriaan (b. 1914)
  • Short biography, photo, references, and links (Bruce medal.)
• Black, Joseph (1728-1799)
  • Very short biography (Eric Weisstein's Treasure Trove)
• Blackett, Patrick Maynard Stuart [Baron Blackett of Chelsea] (1897-1974)
  • The Nobel Prize in Physics 1948
    Including a short biography.
  • Short biography (Encycl. Brit.)
  • Short biography (Eric Weisstein's Treasure Trove)
  • Very short biographical data and links
  • Very short biography
  • Very short biography
• Blaeu, Willem Janszoon (1571-1638)
  • Biographical data and references
  • Very short biography
• Bliss, Gilbert Ames (1876-1951)
  • Short biography and references (MacTutor Hist. Math.)
  • Short biography (Encycl. Brit.)
• Bliss, Nathaniel (1700-1764)
  • Very short biography (Encycl. Brit.)
• Blyth, John (fl. 20th c.)
  • Very short biography (Eric Weisstein's Treasure Trove)
• Bobillier, Etienne (1798-1840)
  Solar system feature named after him. No other relation to astronomy known to us.
  • Short biography and references (MacTutor Hist. Math.)
  • Crater Bobillier (lunar feature)
• Bochart de Saron, Jean-Baptiste-Gaspard (1730-1794)
  • Short biography (Encycl. Brit.)
• Bode, Johann Elert (1747-1826)
  • Short biography, references, links (H. Frommert, C. Kronberg)
  • Short biography (Encycl. Brit.)
  • Very short biography
  • Very short biography
  • Bode's "Complete Catalogue of hitherto observed Nebulous Stars and Star Clusters"
  • Bode's law
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• Boethius, Anicius Manlius Servinus (c.480-524)
  • Short biography and references (MacTutor Hist. Math.)
  • Short biography (Encycl. Brit.)
  • Short biography
    From the Catholic Encyclopedia, 1913
  • Very short biography (Eric Weisstein's Treasure Trove)
• Bohlin, Karl Petrus T[h]eodor (1860-1939)
  • Very short biographical data and links
    With a short biography in Swedish.
• Bohnenberger, Johann Gottlob Friedrich von (1765-1831)
  • Short biography and references (in German)
• Bohr, Harald August (1887-1951)
  • Short biography and references (MacTutor Hist. Math.)
  • Short biography and bibliography (Eric Weisstein's Treasure Trove)
  • Short biography (Encycl. Brit.)
  • Bibliography and archival sources (Theseus)
  • Harald Bohr Papers
    Institute for Mathematical Sciences, University of Copenhagen. Including a short biography
• Bohr, Niels Henrik David (1885-1962)
  • Biography and extended bibliography (Encycl. Brit.)
  • Short biography and references (MacTutor Hist. Math.)
  • Very short biography and references (Eric Weisstein's Treasure Trove)
  • The Nobel Prize in Physics 1922
    Including a short biography
• Bok, Bart Jan (1906-1983)
  • Short biography, photo, references, and links (Bruce medal.)
  • Short biography (Encycl. Brit.)
  • Short biographical data and archival sources
  • Very short biographical data and references (Eric Weisstein's Treasure Trove)
  • Very short biography
• Bolton, John Gatenby (1922-1993)
  • Biography
    From Historical Records of Australian Science, Vol. 10, No. 4, 1996
  • Short biography, photo, references, and links (Bruce medal.)
  • Very short biography and references (Eric Weisstein's Treasure Trove)
  • Short biographical data and archival sources
  • Obituary note
    Encyclopaedia Britannica: Year in Review 1993
• Boltzmann, Ludwig Eduard (1844-1906)
  • Short biography and references (MacTutor Hist. Math.)
  • Short biography (Encycl. Brit.)
  • Short biography (Eric Weisstein's Treasure Trove)
• Bolyai, Farkas [Wolfgang] (1775-1856)
  • Short biography and references (MacTutor Hist. Math.)
  • Very short biography (Eric Weisstein's Treasure Trove)
• Bolyai, János [Johann] (1802-1860)
  • Short biography and references (MacTutor Hist. Math.)
  • Short biography (Encycl. Brit.)
  • Very short biography and reference (Eric Weisstein's Treasure Trove)
• Bolzano, Bern[h]ard Placidus Johann Nepomuk (1781-1848)
  Relation to astronomy: Wrote "Christ. Doppler's neueste Leistungen auf dem Gebiete der physikalischen Apparatenlehre, Akustik, Optik u. optischen Astronomie"
  • The Bernard Bolzano Pages
  • Biography and extended bibliography (in German)
  • Short biography, references and links (MacTutor Hist. Math.)
  • Short biography (Encycl. Brit.)
  • Very short biography (Eric Weisstein's Treasure Trove)
• Bonaventura, Federigo (1555-1602)
  • Biographical data and references
• Boncompagni, Balthasar (1821-1894)
  • Short biography and references
    From the Catholic Encyclopedia, 1913
• Bond, George Phillips (1825-1865)
  • Short biography and reference
• Bond, William Cranch (1789-1859)
  • Short biography (Encycl. Brit.)
  • Short biography and reference
  • Very short biography
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• Bondi, Hermann, Sir (b. 1919)
  • Short biography (Encycl. Brit.)
  • Very short biography
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• Bonestell, Chesley (1888-1986)
  • Short biography and Chesley Bonestell Interactive Art Gallery
• Bonnet, Charles (1720-1793)
  • Very short biography (Eric Weisstein's Treasure Trove)
• Bonnet, Pierre Ossian (1819-1892)
  • Short biography and references (MacTutor Hist. Math.)
• Boole, George (1815-1864)
  • Short biography and references (Encycl. Brit.)
  • Short biography and references (MacTutor Hist. Math.)
  • Short biography and references (Encycl. Brit.)
  • Short biography and references (Eric Weisstein's Treasure Trove)
• Booth, Edgar Harold (1893-1963)
  • Short biographical data and bibliography
  • Very short biography (under construction)
• Borchardt, Carl Wilhelm (1817-1880)
  • Short biography and references (MacTutor Hist. Math.)
• Borda, Jean Charles [Jean-Charles de] (1733-1799)
  • Short biography and references (MacTutor Hist. Math.)
  • Short biography (Encycl. Brit.)
  • Short biography and references (in German)
  • Crater Borda (lunar feature)
• Borel, Félix Édouard Justin Émile (1871-1956)
  • Short biography and references (MacTutor Hist. Math.)
  • Short biography (Encycl. Brit.)
  • Short biography, bibliography and references (Eric Weisstein's Treasure Trove)
• Borelli, Giovanni Alfonso (1608-1679)
  • Biographical data and references
  • Short biography (Encycl. Brit.)
  • Short biography
  • Very short biography (Eric Weisstein's Treasure Trove)
  • Very short biography
• Borman, Frank (b. 1928)
  • Short biography (Encycl. Brit.)
  • Very short biography (biography.com)
• Born, Max (1882-1970)
  • Short biography and bibliography (21 Oct 1997: disappeared)
  • Biography, by Friedrich Hund (in German)
    From Physiker und Astronomen in Frankfurt
  • Short biography and references (MacTutor Hist. Math.)
  • Short biography (Encycl. Brit.)
  • The Nobel Prize in Physics 1954
    Including a short biography
  • Short biographical data and archival sources
  • Very short biography and bibliography (Eric Weisstein's Treasure Trove)
  • Very short biography
  • Max-Born-Institute for Nonlinear Optics and Short Pulse Spectroscopy, Berlin
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• Borra, Ermanno Franco (fl. 20th c.)
  • Very short biography
• Borrus [Borri; Burrus], Christopher (1583-1632)
  • Short biography and references
    From the Catholic Encyclopedia, 1913
• Boscovich: see Boskovic
• Bosch, Carl (1874-1940)
  • Short biography (Encycl. Brit.)
• Bose, Jagadis Chandra (1858-1937)
  • Short biography (Encycl. Brit.)
  • Short biography (24 Aug 1999: disappeared)
• Bose, Satyendra Nath [Satyendranath] (1894-1974)
  • Short biography and references (MacTutor Hist. Math.)
  • Short biography (Encycl. Brit.)
  • Short biography (24 Aug 1999: disappeared)
  • Very short biography (Eric Weisstein's Treasure Trove)
• Boskovic [Boscovich], Rudjer Joseph [Ruggiero Giuseppe; Rodger Joseph] (1711-1787)
  • Biography and references
    From the Catholic Encyclopedia, 1913
  • Biography
  • Short biography and references (MacTutor Hist. Math.)
  • Short biography and references (in German)
  • Short biography (Encycl. Brit.)
  • Short biography
  • Very short biography (Eric Weisstein's Treasure Trove)
  • Very short biography
  • Links to WWW sources
• Boss, Lewis (1846-1912)
  • Short biography (Encycl. Brit.)
• Bossut, Charles (1730-1814)
  • Short biography and references (MacTutor Hist. Math.)
• Bothe, Walther (1891-1957)
  • Short biography (Encycl. Brit.)
  • The Nobel Prize in Physics 1954
    Including a short biography
  • Very short biography (Eric Weisstein's Treasure Trove)
• Bouguer, Pierre (1698-1758)
  • Short biography and references (MacTutor Hist. Math.)
  • Short biography and references (in German)
  • Short biography (Encycl. Brit.)
• Boulainvilliers, Henri de, Comte de (count of) Saint-saire (1658-1722)
  • Short biography (Encycl. Brit.)
• Boulliau [Bouillaud], Ismael [Bullialdus] (1605-1694)
  • Project Boulliau
    Short biography, Correspondence Network, letters, and other topics.
  • Biographical data and references
  • Short biography and references (MacTutor Hist. Math.)
  • Short biography, references, links (H. Frommert, C. Kronberg)
• Bourgainville, Louis Antoine de (1729-1811)
  • Short biography and references (MacTutor Hist. Math.)
• Bouvard, Alexis (1767-1843)
  • Very short biography (Encycl. Brit.)
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• Bouvet, Joachim (?-1732)
  • Short biography and references
    From the Catholic Encyclopedia, 1913
• Bowditch, Nathaniel (1773-1838)
  • Short biography and references (MacTutor Hist. Math.)
  • Short biography (Encycl. Brit.)
  • Short biography
  • Very short biography and reference (Eric Weisstein's Treasure Trove)
• Bowdoin, James (1726-1790)
  • Short biography (Encycl. Brit.)
  • Bowdoin College (Homepage)
  • Bowdoin College (Encycl. Brit.)
• Bowen, Edward George (1911-1991)
  • Biography
  • Short biographical data and bibliography
  • Very short biography and archival sources
  • Very short biography and references (Eric Weisstein's Treasure Trove)
• Bowen, Ira Sprague (1898-1973)
  • Short biography, photo, references, and links (Bruce medal.)
  • Short biography (Encycl. Brit.)
  • Very short biography
• Boyle, Robert (1627-1691)
  • Short biography and references (Encycl. Brit.)
  • Short biography and references (MacTutor Hist. Math.)
  • Short biography and references (in German)
  • Very short biography (Eric Weisstein's Treasure Trove)
  • Crater Boyle (lunar feature)
• Boyle, Willard S. (b. 1924)
  • Short biographical data
• Boys, Charles Vernon (1855-1944)
  • Very short biography and archival sources
• Bracewell, Ronald Newbold (b. 1921)
  • Short biographical data
• Brackett, Frederick Sumner (1896-1972)
  • Very short biography (Eric Weisstein's Treasure Trove)
• Bradley, James (1693-1762)
  • Short biography (Encycl. Brit.)
  • Very short biography (Eric Weisstein's Treasure Trove)
  • Very short biography
  • Very short biography
• Brag, Jonas (1781-1857)
  • Very short biographical data and links
    With a short biography in Swedish.
• Bragg, William Henry, Sir (1862-1942)
  • Short biography and reference (Encycl. Brit.)
  • The Nobel Prize in Physics 1915
    Including a short biography.
• Brahe, Sofie [Sophia] (1556-1643)
  • Short biographical data
  • Very short biographical data and links
• Brahe, Tycho [Brahe, Tyge; Brahe, Tycho de] (1546-1601)
• Brahmagupta (c. 598 - c. 665)
  • Short biography and references (MacTutor Hist. Math.)
  • Very short biography (Encycl. Brit.)
  • Very short biography
  • Very short biographical data (Eric Weisstein's Treasure Trove)
• Brander, Georg Friedrich (1713-1783)
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• Brandes, Heinrich Wilhelm (1777-1834)
  • Short biography (in German)
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• Brashear, John Alfred (1840-1920)
  • Obituary, short biography and other texts
  • Short biography
  • Very short biography
  • Portrait
  • Portrait
  • Portrait
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  • Find more about Brashear and his telescopes with Alta Vista
• Brattle, Thomas (1658-1713)
  • Short biography (Encycl. Brit.)
• Braun, Karl Ferdinand (1850-1918)
  • Biography (in German)
  • Short biography (Encycl. Brit.)
  • The Nobel Prize in Physics 1909
    Including a short biography
• Braun, Wernher von (1912-1977)
  • Biography and references (Encycl. Brit.)
  • Short biography and reference
  • Short biography
  • Very short biography and references (Eric Weisstein's Treasure Trove)
  • Very short biography
  • Wernher von Braun: National hero or enemy to the world?, by Charles Donefer
  • Photographic Gallery
  • Bibliography
  • Von Braun Astronomical Society
  • Wernher-von-Braun Gymnasium, Friedberg, Germany (in German)
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• Bredman, Johan (1770-1859)
  • Short biography (in Swedish)
  • Very short biographical data and links
    With a short biography in Swedish.
• Bréguet, Abraham-Louis (1747-1823)
  • Short biography and reference (in German)
  • Short biography (Encycl. Brit.)
• Brendel, Martin (1862-1939)
  • Biography, by Wilhelm H. Kegel (in German)
    From Physiker und Astronomen in Frankfurt
• Brewster, David (1781-1868)
  • Short biography (Encycl. Brit.)
  • Short biography (Eric Weisstein's Treasure Trove)
• Brianchon, Charles Julien (1783-1864)
  • Short biography and references (MacTutor Hist. Math.)
  • Short biography (Encycl. Brit.)
  • Very short biography (Eric Weisstein's Treasure Trove)
• Briggs, Daniel S. (1964-1998)
  • Obituary and remembrances
• Briggs, George Henry (1893-1987)
  • Short biographical data and bibliography
  • Very short biography and archival sources
• Briggs, Henry (1561-1630)
  • Biographical data and references
  • Short biography and references (MacTutor Hist. Math.)
  • Short biography (Encycl. Brit.)
  • Very short biography
• Bring, Erland Samuel (1736-1798)
  • Short biography and references (MacTutor Hist. Math.)
• Brioschi, Francesco (1824-1897)
  • Short biography and references (MacTutor Hist. Math.)
• Briot, Charles Auguste (1817-1882)
  • Short biography and references (MacTutor Hist. Math.)
• Brisbane, Thomas Makdougall (1773-1860)
  • Short biographical data and archival sources
  • Biographical data and bibliography
  • Short biography (Encycl. Brit.)
  • Very short biography
  • Very short biography
• Brooks, Joseph (1847-1918)
  • Short biographical data and archival sources
• Brouncker, William (c.1620-1684)
• Brouwer, Dirk (1902-1966)
  • Short biography, photo, references, and links (Bruce medal.)
  • Short biography (Encycl. Brit.)
  • Crater Brouwer (lunar feature)
• Brouwer, Luitzen Egbertus Jan (1881-1966)
  Solar system feature named after him (and Dirk Brouwer). No other relation to astronomy known to us.
  • Short biography and references (MacTutor Hist. Math.)
  • Very short biography (Eric Weisstein's Treasure Trove)
  • Crater Brouwer (lunar feature)
• Brown, Ernest William (1866-1938)
  • Short biography and reference (MacTutor Hist. Math.)
  • Short biography, photo, references, and links (Bruce medal.)
  • Short biography (Encycl. Brit.)
  • Very short biographical data and bibliography (Eric Weisstein's Treasure Trove)
• Brown, Peter (fl. 20th c.)
  • Very short biography
• Brown, Robert Hanbury [Hanbury Brown, Robert] (b. 1916)
  • Short biography (Encycl. Brit.)
  • Very short biographical data and archival sources
  • Very short biographical data and bibliography (Eric Weisstein's Treasure Trove)
• Browne, Thomas, Sir (1605-1682)
  • Biographical data and references
  • Short biography and references (Encycl. Brit.)
• Browne, William Rowan (1884-1975)
  • Biography
  • Very short biography and archival sources
• Brozek, Jan [Broscius, Brocki, Broski, Broszcz, Brzoski, Zbroek] (1585-1652)
  • Biographical data and references
• Bruce, William (1833-1927)
  • Bruce Park, Hamilton, Canada
    Including a very short biography with references.
• Brunner, William Otto (1878-1958)
  • Index of archival sources (in German, partly in French and Italian)
• Bruno, Giordano (1548-1600)
• Bruns, Ernst Heinrich (1848-1919)
  • Very short biography and reference (MacTutor Hist. Math.)
• Buergi: see Bürgi, Joost (1552-1632)
• Buffon, Georges Louis Leclerc Comte de (1707-1788)
  • Short biography and references (Encycl. Brit.)
  • Short biography and references (MacTutor Hist. Math.)
  • Short biography and reference (Eric Weisstein's Treasure Trove)
• Bulgaris, Eugenius (1716-1806)
  • Short biography (Encycl. Brit.)
• Bunsen, Robert Wilhelm (1811-1899)
  • Short biography and references (Or see here or here.)
  • Short biography (Encycl. Brit.)
  • Very short biography (Eric Weisstein's Treasure Trove)
  • Very short biography
  • Very short biography
  • Very short biography (in German)
  • Very short biography (in German)
  • Bunsen-Gymnasium Heidelberg (in German)
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• Buot, Jacques (c.1675-?)
  • Biographical data and references
• Burbank, Daniel C. (b. 1961)
  • Biographical data
• Burbidge, Eleanor Margaret, née Peachey (b. 1919)
  • Short biography, photo, references, and links (Bruce medal.)
  • Short biography (Encycl. Brit.)
  • Short biography
  • Short biographical data
• Burbidge, Geoffrey R. (b. 1925)
  • Short biography, photo, references, and links (Bruce medal.)
• Burckhardt, Johann Karl (1773-1825)
  • Crater Burckhardt (lunar feature)
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• Bürg, Johann Tobias (1766-1835)
  • Very short biography (Or see German version.)
• Bürgi [Buergi], Joost [Jobst] (1552-1632)
  • Biographical data and references
  • Short biography and references (MacTutor Hist. Math.)
  • Short biography (Encycl. Brit.)
• Burglechner, Anton (1693-1760)
  • Short biography and references (in German)
• Buridan [Buridano], Jean [John, Johann] (1300-1358)
  • Short biography (Encycl. Brit.)
  • Short biography
  • Very short biography (Eric Weisstein's Treasure Trove)
• Burke-Gaffney, Michael Walter, S. J. (1896-1979)
  • Short biography
• Burney, Charles (1726-1814)
  • Short biography (Encycl. Brit.)
• Burnham, Sherburne Wesley (1838-1921)
  • Biography and references, by Florence M. Kelleher
  • Very short biography
  • Very short biography
• Büttner, Wolfgang (b. 1905)
  • Short biography (in German)
• Buys-Ballot, Christophorus Henricus Didericus (1817-1890)
  • Very short biography and reference (Eric Weisstein's Treasure Trove)
  • Very short biography (Encycl. Brit.)

Wolfgang R. Dick. Created: 16 Jan 1995. Latest update: 11 Feb 2004