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WWW pages of historians of astronomy

Please note that the following list includes only contemporary historians or those interested in history of astronomy having a WWW home page or any other page including information about them. It is not aimed to be a general directory of historians of astronomy.

For biographies of historians of astronomy (past and contemporary) see also History of Astronomy: Persons.

For reasons of data protection, especially to prevent any (mis)use of the list for automatically sending spam mail, the e-mail addresses given previously in this list have been deleted.

This list is probably incomplete. Any addition is welcome.

1. Adams, Brian
   Including a list of recent publications
2. Ahn, Sang-Hyeon
   Including a list of publications, partly available online.
3. Alchorn, Alane L.
   Including a list of publications
4. Alpher, Ralph
5. Arnal, Arnaldo
6. Ariew, Roger
   Including a list of selected publications
7. Arnett, William A.
8. Aslaksen, Helmer
   Including a list of publications
9. Aveni, Anthony F. (See also here (with a list of selected publications) and here.)
10. Baity, William
11. Barlai, Katalin
12. Batten, Alan H.
    Including a list of selected publications
13. Bauer, Barbara
    Including a list of publications
14. Baumgartner, Frederic J.
    Including a list of selected publications
15. Beech, Martin
16. Bhathal, Ragbir
17. Bishop, Roy
18. Bonnell, Jerry T.
    Including a list of recent publications
19. Bònoli, Fabrizio
    Including a list of publications
20. Bracher, Katherine
21. Brandt, Niel
22. Bratton, Timothy L.
23. Brosche, Peter
24. Brown, Ezra
    Including a list of selected publications
25. Bruen, Bob
26. Bryant, Katherine L.
27. Buhl, Hans Øllgaard
    Including a list of recent publications
28. Butler, Christopher John
29. Calvin, William H.
    Including descriptions of published books, partly available online
30. Carvalho, J. P. Maurício de (See also here.)
31. Charette, François
32. Chinnici, Ileana
    Including a list of publications
33. Cook, Richard S.
34. Crowe, Michael J.
    Including a list of recent publications
35. Cullen, Christopher
    Including a list of publications
36. Dalen, Benno van
    Including a list of publications
37. Daugherty, Brian
38. Davoust, Emmanuel
    Including a list of publications
39. Dechend, Hertha von (1915-2001)
    The link was moved to Persons (D).
40. Deiries, Sebastian
41. Deiss, Bruno M. (16 Mar 2004: removed from the Web)
42. DeVorkin, David H.
43. Dick, Steven J. (17 Mar 2004: removed from the Web)
    Including a list of books.
44. Dick, Wolfgang R.
    Including a list of publications
45. Dworetsky, Mike
46. Edmondson, Frank K.
47. Evans, David S.
48. Evans, James (14 Apr 1998: disappeared)
49. Fernie, J. Don
50. Fideler, David
    Including a list of selected publications
51. Figueiredo, Fernando
52. Finney, Ben
    Including a list of recent publications
53. Firneis, Maria G.
54. FitzGerald, Pim Vatter
    Including a list of selected publications
55. Foderà Serio, Giorgia
56. Folkerts, Menso (See also here or mirror.)
    Including a list of selected publications
57. Frommert, Hartmut
    Including a list of publications
58. Garrison, Robert F.
    Including a list of selected publications
59. Garstang, Roy H. (See also here.)
    Including a list of selected publications
60. Geier, Sven (17 Nov 1997: removed from the Web)
61. Gent, Robert H. van
    Including a list of publications
62. Gilligan, Gerard
63. Gonzalez-Vilbazo, Kay-Eduardo
64. Gooneratne, Sakura
65. Götz, Martin
66. Gumerman, George
    Including a list of selected publications
67. Hadrava, Petr
    Including a list of selected publications
68. Hadravova, Alena
    Including a list of selected publications
69. Harper, Bill
    Including a list of recent publications
70. Harrison, Edward R.
    Including a list of recent publications
71. Hatch, Robert A.
    Including a list of recent publications
72. Haubold, Hans Joachim
    Including a list of selected publications
73. Hawkins, Gerald S.
74. Heafner, Joe
75. Hearnshaw, John
76. Heck, André
    Including a list of publications
77. Heijden, Petra van der
78. Hennig, Jochen (17 Mar 2004: removed from the Web)
79. Hentschel, Klaus
    Including a list of publications
80. Herbst, Klaus-Dieter
81. Herrmann, Dieter B.
    Including a list of publications
82. Hirsh, Richard
    Including a list of selected publications
83. Hockey, Thomas A.
84. Hoffleit, Ellen Dorrit
85. Holbrook, Jarita C.
86. Holl, Manfred
87. Hollabaugh, Mark
88. Holmberg, Gustav
    Including a list of recent publications
89. Hoyt, Douglas V.
    Including a list of publications
90. Hutchison, Keith
91. Iadevaia, David G.
92. Idlis, Grigorij Moiseevich
    Including a list of publications (in Russian)
93. Isaksson, Eva
    Including a list of publications
94. Ivanov, Konstantin V.
    Including a list of selected publications
95. Jacobs, James Q.
96. Jarrell, Richard A.
    Including a list of recent publications
97. Jasniewicz, Gérard
98. Jing, Bing
99. Jones, Alexander
    Including a list of recent publications
100. Keas, Michael Newton
     Including a list of publications
101. Keenan, Philip
102. Kidwell, Peggy
     Including a list of recent publications
103. King, David
     Including a list of selected publications
104. Kirschner, Stefan
     Including a list of selected publications
105. Kjernsmo, Kjetil
106. Klaes, Larry
     Including a list of selected publications
107. Kleinert, Andreas
108. Klöti, Thomas
     Including a list of publications
109. Knobloch, Eberhard (Or see mirror.)
110. Kochhar, Rajesh
     Including a short list of selected publications
111. Kokott, Wolfgang
     Including a list of recent publications
112. Koorts, Willie
113. Kragh, Helge
     Including a list of selected publications
114. Krisciunas, Kevin
     Including a list of selected publications
115. Krogt, Peter van der
     Including a list of publications
116. Kuhn, Heinrich C.
117. Kühne, Andreas
     Including a list of selected publications
118. Kunitzsch, Paul
     Including a list of selected publications
119. Kurtik, Gennadij Evseevich
     Including a list of publications
120. Küveler, Gerd
     Including a list of recent publications
121. Laird, Edgar
     Including a list of selected publications
122. Lasics, Adam C.
123. Lattis, James M.
124. Lieberknecht, Otfried
     Including a list of publications
125. Linhard, Frank
     Including a list of publications
126. Litten, Freddy
     Including a list of publications
127. Loidl, Rita (Gautschy-Loidl, Rita)
128. Lorch, Richard Paul
     Including a list of recent publications
129. Luminet, Jean-Pierre
     Including a list of publications
130. MacLaren, Bruce
131. Maeyama, Yasukatsu
     Including a list of publications
132. Magruder, Kerry
133. McCarthy, Daniel P.
     Including a list of recent publications and some postscript copies of publications.
134. Martins, Roberto de Andrade
     Including a list of publications
135. McCluskey, Steve
136. McConnell, Craig Sean
     Including a list of publications
137. McDowell, Jonathan (See also here.)
138. McFarland, John
139. McNab, Andrew
140. Meech, Karen Jean
     Including a list of publications
141. Milone, Eugene F.
     Including a list of recent publications
142. Moesgaard, Kristian Peder (See also here.)
     Including a list of selected publications
143. Moyer, Albert E.
     Including a list of selected publications
144. Müller, Günther
145. Nadal, Robert
146. Nauenberg, Michael
     Including a list of recent publications
147. Nemiroff, Robert J.
     Including a list of recent publications
148. Ness, Lester J.
149. Nitschelm, Christian
     Including a list of publications
150. Noegel, Scott B.
151. North, John
     Including a list of books
152. O'Neal, Douglas
153. Oates, Michael
154. Odenkirchen, Michael

     Please note that the data in this page are outdated.

155. Oechslin, Ludwig (17 Mar 2004: removed from the Web) (See also here.)
156. Oestmann, Günther
     Including a list of publications
157. Okamura, Keiichiro
158. Oliver, John P.
159. Ondra, Leos
160. Orchiston, Wayne (16 Mar 2004: removed from the Web)
161. Osterbrock, Donald E.
162. Pang, Alex Soojung-Kim
163. Papke, Werner
164. Pasachoff, Jay M.
     Including a list of recent publications
165. Patrick, Jon D.
166. Payne, Paul
167. Pedersen, Fritz S.
     Including a list of publications
168. Pedersen, Kurt Møller
     Including a list of selected publications
169. Pepin, M. Barlow
170. Peters, Jim
171. Petri, Winfried (1914-2000)
     Including a list of recent publications
172. Pfleiderer, Jörg (17 Mar 2004: removed from the Web)
173. Philipp, Sabine (See also here.)
174. Pinter, Christian
     Including a list of newspaper articles
175. Pitt, Joseph C.
     Including a list of selected publications
176. Plicht, Christof
177. Plotkin, Howard
     Including a list of recent publications
178. Poulsen, Erling
     Including a list of publications
179. Proverbio, Edoardo
180. Purrington, Robert D.
     Including a list of recent publications
181. Pustylnik, Izold
     Including a list of publications
182. Rana, N.C.
183. Rappenglück, Michael A.
     Including a list of publications
184. Rasmussen, Per Kjærgaard
185. Rauth, Michael
     Including a list of publications
186. Reaves, Gibson
     Including a list of recent publications
187. Reichart, Karaleah Sabina
188. Reijs, Victor
189. Rendtel, Jürgen
190. Richter, Peter H.
     Including a list of publications
191. Ritschl, Wolfgang
192. Robbins, R. Robert
193. Robotti, Nadia
     Including a list of (selected ?) publications
194. Rochberg, Francesca
195. Ross, Sydney
196. Roth, Daniel
197. Roughton, Norbert A.
198. Ruggles, Clive L.N.
     Including a list of publications
199. Rüdiger, Günther
200. Saltzer, Walter G.
201. Sammer, Jan
202. Sauer, Tilman
     Including a list of publications
203. Saxton, Kelvin
204. Schechner Genuth, Sara
     Including a list of exhibitions and publications
205. Scherz, James P.
206. Schielicke, Reinhard E.
     Including a list of publications
207. Schmidl, Petra G.
208. Schneider, Ivo
     Including a list of publications
209. Schnell, Anneliese
210. Scholz, Gerhard
211. Schramm, Karl-Jochen
212. Schwarz, Oliver
     Including a list of publications
213. Scriba, Christoph J.
214. Seeds, Michael A. (See also here.)
215. Seggewiss, Wilhelm
     Including a list of publications
216. Segre, Michael
217. Sellers, David
218. Seitter, Waltraut (20 Jul 1999: removed from the Web)
219. Shanks, Sharon L. (See also here.)
     Including a list of publications
220. Shea, James H.
221. Sheehan, William
222. Simonia, Irakli
223. Sivin, Nathan
     Including a list of publications
224. Slechta, Miroslav
225. Smith, Robert W.
     Including a list of recent publications
226. Solc, Martin
227. Sperling, Norm
228. Staubermann, Klaus B. (17 Mar 2004: disappeared)
229. Stautz, Burkhard
     Including a list of publications
230. Steel, Duncan I.
     Including a list of recent publications
231. Steele, John
     Including a list of recent publications
232. Steinert, Klaus-Günter
233. Steinle, Helmut
234. Sterken, Christiaan Leo
235. Stewart, H. Bruce
236. Stooke, Philip J. (17 Nov 1997: disappeared)
     Including a list of publications
237. Strobel, Nick
238. Sutton, Rob
239. Swerdlow, Noel M.
240. Taub, Liba
     Including a list of selected publications
241. Teichmann, Jürgen
     Including a list of recent publications
242. Tenn, Joseph S.
     Including a list of publications
243. Thomason, Neil
244. Thompson, Tim
245. Tobin, William
246. Trimble, Virginia
     Including a list of selected publications
247. Tucci, Pasquale
     Including a list of publications
248. Uber, Gordon T.
249. Ulansey, David
250. Urton, Gary
     Including a list of selected publications
251. Usher, Peter D.
     Including a list of publications
252. Van Brummelen, Glen
     Including a list of publications
253. Van Helden, Albert
     Including a list of publications
254. Vargha, Magda
255. Vegt, Christian de (1936-2002)

     The page has been removed from the web.

256. Veliz, Claudio
257. Vilhjalmsson, Thorsteinn
     Including a list of recent publications
258. Vizgin, Vladimir Pavlovich
     Including a list of publications
259. Wagner, Jean-Paul
260. Warner, Brian
261. Weiss, Werner W.
262. Weisstein, Eric W.
263. Wenning, Carl J.
     Including a list of recent publications
264. White, Raymond E. (See also here.)
     Including a list of publications
265. Whyte, Nicholas
266. Wielen, Roland
     Including a list of publications
267. Williams, Thomas R.
     Including a list of publications
268. Winkler, Louis
269. Witcombe, Christopher L.C.E.
     Including a list of publications
270. Wolfschmidt, Gudrun
     Including a list of publications
271. Wuchterl, Günther
272. Zaitsev, Evgenii Alexeevich
     Including a list of publications
273. Zsoldos, Endre

Other directories of historians of astronomy

• Antique Telescope Society Membership List
• Directory of Ancient Historians in the United States
  Including specialists for ancient astronomy, astrology, calendars and chronology.
• Directory of Historians of Physics
  Including historians of astronomy.
• Historians of Astrology, by Lester Ness
• Historians of Physics and Astronomy [in Italy]
  Partially with lists of publications.
• IAU Commission 41 (History of Astronomy) Members

Wolfgang R. Dick. Created: 8 March 1995. Latest update: 21 Feb 2018