History of Astronomy : Persons

History of Astronomy: Persons (M)

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• Mac Laurin, Colin: see Maclaurin, Colin
• MacDonnell, William John (1842-1910)
  • Short biographical data and archival sources
• Mach, Ernst (1838-1916)
  • Very short biography and references (Or see German version.)
  • Very short biography (Eric Weisstein's Treasure Trove)
• Maclaurin [Mac Laurin], Colin (1698-1746)
  • Short biography and references (MacTutor Hist. Math.)
  • Short biography (Eric Weisstein's Treasure Trove)
  • Short biography (in French)
  • Very short biography (infoplease.com)
  • Family history
  • Family history (under construction)
  • Find more about Maclaurin with Alta Vista
• Mädler, Johann Heinrich (1794-1874)
  • Biographical data (in Estonian)
• Madsen, Hans Frandsen (1843-1937)
  • Short biographical data and reference
  • Very short biography (under construction)
  • Biography of his son John Percival Vissing Madsen (1879-1969) and briefly about himself
• Maestlin, Michael (1550-1631)
  • Biographical data and references
  • Short biography
• Maffei, Francesco Scipione (1675-1755)
  • Short biography and references
    From the Catholic Encyclopedia, 1913
• Magarey, Thomas (1825-1902)
  • Short biography
• Magellan, Ferdinand [Port. Magalhaes, Fernão; Span. Fernando de Magallanes] (c.1480-1521)
  • Short biography and references
    From the Catholic Encyclopedia, 1913
  • Short biography and references (infoplease.com)
  • Short biography
  • Magellan Mission to Venus (See also here.)
  • Links to sites named after Magellan
  • Find documents about the Magellanic Clouds with Alta Vista
• Maggini, Mentore (1890-1941)
  • Very short biography and about his Il libro di Urania
• Magini, Giovanni Antonio (1555-1617)
  • Biographical data and references
• Magnenus [Magnen, Magnien], Johann Chrysostom (c.1590-c.1679)
  • Biographical data and references
• Magnitsky, Leonty Filippovich (1669-1739)
  • Biographical data and references
• Mairan, Jean Jacques d'Ortous [Dortous] de (1678-1771)
  • Short biography and references (R. S. Westfall)
  • Short biography, references, links (H. Frommert, C. Kronberg)
• Malapert, Charles (1581-1630)
  • Biography, references, links (in French)
  • Austriaca sidera heliocyclia astronomicis hypothesibus illigata..., 1633
• Malin, David (b. 1952)
  • Short biography
  • Very short biography
  • Very short biographical data
  • Bibliography (Library of Congress entries)
  • Bibliography (ADS entries)
  • References (ADS entries)
• Malina, Frank J. (1912-1981)
  • Short biography
• Mallet, Fredrik (1728-1797)
  • Very short biographical data and links
    With a short biography in Swedish.
• Malmquist, Karl Gunnar (1893-1982)
  • Very short biographical data and links
• Malus, Etienne Louis (1775-1812)
  • Short biography and references (MacTutor Hist. Math.)
• Malvasia, Cornelio (1603-1664)
  • Very short biography and about his Ephemerides novissimae motuum coelestium
• Mamun [al-Mamun], Abdalla[h] al (786-833)
  • Crater Almanon (lunar feature)
  • Find more about al Mamun with Alta Vista
• Manfredi, Eustachio (1674-1739)
  • Biography
  • Biographical data and references
• Manilius, Marcus (fl. A.D. 10)
  • Very short biography (infoplease.com)
• Mansur, Abu Nasr (970-1036)
  • Short biography and references (MacTutor Hist. Math.)
• Maraldi, Giacomo Filippo (1665-1729)
  • Biographical data and references
• Marci of Kronland, Joh. M. [Marcus Marci] (1595-1667)
  • Biographical data and references
• Marinoni, Johann Jakob [von] (1676-1755)
  • Very short biography and reference (Or see German version.)
• Mariotte, Edme (c.1620-1684)
  • Biographical data and references
• Marius, Simon (1573-1624)
  • Biography and relation to Galileo
  • Very short biography (Eric Weisstein's Treasure Trove)
  • Very short biography
• Markgraf [Marcgraf], Georg (1610-1644)
  • Biographical data and references
• Markowitz, William (1907-1998)
  • Obituary
• Marrison, Warren (1896-1980)
  • Very short biography
• Martyn, David Forbes (1906-1970)
  • Biography
  • Very short biography and archival sources
  • Short biographical data and bibliography
• Maskelyne, Nevil (1732-1811)
  • Short biography and references (MacTutor Hist. Math.)
  • Short biography
    From the National Dictionary of Biography, Oxford.
  • Very short biography
  • Very short biography (infoplease.com)
  • Find more about Maskelyne with Alta Vista
• Mason, Charles (1730-1787)
  • Thomas Pynchon's Mason & Dixon
    Including biographical material and links.
  • Short biography
    From the Dictionary of National Biography
  • Very short biography
  • Mason and Dixon at the Cape
    Observations of the Transits of Venus. From the Monthly Notes of the Astronomical Society of South Africa, Nov 1951, pp. 99-102
  • 1767, October 28. Letter of Charles Mason and Jeremiah Dixon
  • Find more about Mason with Alta Vista
• Mason, Charles Max (1877-1961)
  • Short biography and references (MacTutor Hist. Math.)
• Massey, Harrie Stewart Wilson (1908 - 1983)
  • Biographical data, archival sources and references
• Mathieu, Claude Louis (1783-1875)
  • Short biography and references (MacTutor Hist. Math.)
• Mathieu, Emile Léonard (1835-1890)
  • Short biography and references (MacTutor Hist. Math.)
• Mauderli, Sigmund (1876-1962)
  • Index of archival sources (in German, partly in French and Italian)
• Maupertuis, Pierre Louis Moreau de (1698-1759)
  • Short biography and references (MacTutor Hist. Math.)
  • Short biography (Eric Weisstein's Treasure Trove)
  • Very short biography (infoplease.com)
• Maurolico [Marul, Marol], Francesco [Francisco] (1494-1575)
  • Biographical data and references
  • Short biography and references (MacTutor Hist. Math.)
• Maury, Matthew Fontaine (1806-1873)
  • Very short biography
• Maxwell, James Clerk (1831-1879)
  • Short biography and references (MacTutor Hist. Math.)
  • Short biography
  • Short biography (Eric Weisstein's Treasure Trove)
  • Short biography
  • Short biography
  • Short biography
  • Short biography
  • Short biography (infoplease.com)
  • Short biography
  • A visit to James Clerk Maxwell's house (MacTutor Hist. Math.)
  • The James Clerk Maxwell Foundation
  • James Clerk Maxwell Telescope
  • Find more about Maxwell with Alta Vista
• Mayer, Christian (1719-1783)
  • Short biography
    From the Catholic Encyclopedia, 1913
• Mayer, Tobias [wrongly also: Johann Tobias] (1723-1762)
  • Short biography and references (MacTutor Hist. Math.)
  • Very short biography (Eric Weisstein's Treasure Trove)
  • Very short biography (infoplease.com)
• Mayr [Marius], Simon (1573-1624)
  • Biographical data and references
  • Short biography
• Mazzolini, Sylvester [Mozolini; Prierias] (1460-1523)
  • Short biography and references
    From the Catholic Encyclopedia, 1913
• McAulay, Alexander (1863-1931)
  • Short biographical data and bibliography
  • Very short biography and archival sources
• McCrea, William Hunter (1904-1999)
  • Short biography (Eric Weisstein's Treasure Trove)
  • Obituaries
• Medici (family)
  • Family history
  • Florence and the Medicis
  • Short information
• Medina, Pedro de (c.1493-c.1567)
  • Biographical data and references
• Megele, Giuseppe (1740-1816)
  • Short biography
• Meissel, Daniel Friedrich Ernst (1826-1895)
  • Short biography and references (MacTutor Hist. Math.)
• Meissner, Karl Wilhelm (1891-1959)
  • Biography, by Jörg Kummer (in German)

    From Physiker und Astronomen in Frankfurt

• Melanchthon, Philipp (1497-1560)
  • Biography
    From the Catholic Encyclopedia, 1913
  • Short biography
  • Melanchthon Year 1997 in Germany
    Including a biography.
  • Short biography and Melanchthonhaus Bretten (in German)
  • Melanchthonhaus Bretten (in German)
  • Lutherstadt Wittenberg, Melanchthon Monument
  • Find more about Melanchthon with Alta Vista
  • Find more about Melanchthon and astronomy/astrology with Alta Vista
• Melanderhjelm, Daniel (1726-1810)
  • Short biography
  • Very short biographical data and links
    With a short biography in Swedish.
• Melissus of Samos (c. 440 BC)
  • Very short biography (Eric Weisstein's Treasure Trove)
• Mellor, David Paver (1903-1980)
  • Short biographical data and bibliography
  • Very short biography and archival sources
• Menelaus of Alexandria [Menelaos von Alexandria] (ca. 70 - ca. 130)
  • Short biography and references (MacTutor Hist. Math.)
  • Find more about Menelaus and astronomy with Alta Vista
• Mengoli, Pietro (1625-1686)
  • Biographical data and references
  • Short biography and references (MacTutor Hist. Math.)
• Menzel, Donald Howard (1901-1976)
  • Short biography
  • Very short biography (Eric Weisstein's Treasure Trove)
  • Very short biography
  • Very short biography (infoplease.com)
• Mercator, Gerardus [Kremer, Gerhard] (1512-1594)
  • Biographical data and references
  • Short biography and references (MacTutor Hist. Math.)
  • Short biography (infoplease.com)
  • Very short biography
  • Mercator-Feier 1962 im Mercator-Gymnasium (in German)
    With a short biography.
  • Mercator-Gymnasium Duisburg (in German)
• Mercator, Nicolaus [Kauffman, Niklaus] (c.1619-1687)
  • Biographical data and references
  • Short biography and references (MacTutor Hist. Math.)
  • Mercator-Gymnasium Duisburg (in German)
• Merfield, Zeus Amphion (1899-1965)
  • Short biographical data and bibliography
  • Very short biography (under construction)
• Merrill, Paul Willard (1887-1961)
  • Short biography, photo, references, and links (Bruce medal.)
• Merrill, Winifred Edgerton (1862-1951)
  • Short biography and references
• Mersenne, Marin (1588-1648)
  • Short biography and references (MacTutor Hist. Math.)
• Merz, Georg (1793-1867)
  • Very short biography
• Meshchersky, Ivan Vsevolodovich (1859-1935)
  • Very short biography and references (MacTutor Hist. Math.)
• Messier, Charles (1730-1817)
  • Short biography, the history of his catalogue, and other items, by Hartmut Frommert
  • Short biography
  • Very short biography
  • Charles Messier: the Man and his Catalog, by Dave Mitsky
  • Charles Messier's Catalogue of Nebulae and Star Clusters, by Hartmut Frommert
  • Find more about Messier with Alta Vista
• Metius, Adriaan (1571-1635)
  • Biographical data and references
• Meton of Athens (ca. 440 BC - ?)
  • Very short biography (Eric Weisstein's Treasure Trove)
• Meyerstein, Moritz (1808-1882)
  • Very short biography
• Michell, John (1724-1793)
  • Very short biography (Eric Weisstein's Treasure Trove)
• Michelson, Albert (1852-1931)
  • Short biography (Eric Weisstein's Treasure Trove)
• Miller, David (19th c.)
  • Very short biography and archival sources
• Millikan, Robert Andrews (1868-1953)
  • Short biography and reference (infoplease.com)
  • Very short biography
• Millman, Peter Mackenzie (1906-1990)
  • Very short biography
• Mills, Bernard Yarnton (b. 1920)
  • Short biographical data and archival sources
  • Short biography (Eric Weisstein's Treasure Trove)
• Milne, Edward Arthur (1896-1950)
  • Short biography, photo, references, and links (Bruce medal.)
  • Short biography and references (MacTutor Hist. Math.)
  • Very short biography (Eric Weisstein's Treasure Trove)
  • Very short biography
• Mineo, Corradino (1875-1960)
  • Short biography and references (in Italian)
• Mineur, Henri (1899-1954)
  • Short biography and references (MacTutor Hist. Math.)
• Minkowski, Hermann (1864-1909)
  • Short biography and references (MacTutor Hist. Math.)
  • Short biography (Eric Weisstein's Treasure Trove)
  • Very short biography
• Minkowski, Rudolph Leo Bernhard (1895-1976)
  • Short biography, photo, references, and links (Bruce medal.)
  • Short biography and references
  • Short biography (Eric Weisstein's Treasure Trove)
• Minnaert, Marcel Gilles Jozef (1893-1970)
  • Short biography, photo, references, and links (Bruce medal.)
• Mitchell, Maria (1818-1889)
  • Short biography and references (infoplease.com)
  • Short biography
  • Short biography
  • Short biography
  • Short biography (in German)
  • Very short biography (Eric Weisstein's Treasure Trove)
  • Short biographical data
  • Maria Mitchell Birthplace House, Nantucket, MA, USA
    See also The Observatory and The Library (holding Maria Mitchell's manuscripts).
  • Nantucket Maria Mitchell Association
• Möbius, August Ferdinand (1790-1868)
  • Short biography and references (MacTutor Hist. Math.)
  • Very short biography (Eric Weisstein's Treasure Trove)
  • Very short biography
  • Very short biography (infoplease.com)
• Mohammad Bin Musa al-Khawarizmi (?-840): see al-Khawarizmi
• Mohammad Ibn Zakariya al-Razi (864-930): see al-Razi
• Möller, Didrik Magnus Axel (1830-1895)
  • Very short biographical data and links
    With a short biography in Swedish.
• Molyneux, William (1656-1698)
  • Biographical data and references
• Montanari, Geminiano (1633-1687)
  • Biographical data and references
  • Short biography (in Italian)
  • Associazione Astronomica "G. Montanari" (in Italian, English in preparation)
• Monte, Guidobaldo del (1545-1607)
  • Biographical data and references
  • Very short biography and references (MacTutor Hist. Math.)
  • Short biography
• Montmor, Henri Louis Habert de (c.1600-1679)
  • Biographical data and references
• Montucla, Jean Etienne (1725-1799)
  • Short biography and references (MacTutor Hist. Math.)
• Moore, Francis (1657-ca.1715)
  • Very short biography
• Moore, Jonas (1627-1679)
  • Short biography and references (MacTutor Hist. Math.)
• Moore, Patrick Alfred Caldwell (b. 1923)
  • Very short biography
• Morgan, William Wilson (1906-1994)
  • Short biography, photo, references, and links (Bruce medal.)
• Morin, Jean-Baptiste (1583-1656)
  • Biographical data and references
  • Short biography and references (MacTutor Hist. Math.)
• Morley, Edward (1838-1923)
  • Very short biography (Eric Weisstein's Treasure Trove)
• Morrison, Philip (b. 1915)
  • Searching for Interstellar Communications, by Giuseppe Cocconi and Philip Morrison
    FromNATURE, vol. 184, no. 4690, pages 844-846, Sept. 19, 1959. Abriged version, including very short biographies of the authors.
• Moulton, Forest Ray (1872-1952)
  • Very short biography (Eric Weisstein's Treasure Trove)
  • Very short biography
• Mouton, Gabriel (1618-1694)
  • Biographical data and references
  • Short biography and references (MacTutor Hist. Math.)
• Mueller, George E. (b. 1918)
  • Very short biography
• Mukai Genshô (1609-1677)
  • Hans Juriaen Hancko, Zacharias Wagener and Mukai Gensho - Aspects of a 17th Century Cross-Cultural Intercourse, by Wolfgang Michel (in German)
    Mentions that Mukai studied Western astronomy.
• Müller, Johann or Johannes: see Regiomontanus (1436-1476)
• Münster, Sebastian (1488-1552)
  • Biographical data and references
• Mutis, José Celestino (1732-1808)
  • Short biography and references
    From the Catholic Encyclopedia, 1913
• Mydorge, Claude (1585-1647)
  • Biographical data and references
  • Short biography and references (MacTutor Hist. Math.)

Wolfgang R. Dick. Created: 16 Jan 1995. Latest update: 12 Feb 2004