History of Astronomy

History of Science: Institutions and geographic places

General items

The Humboldt Scientific Locality Index
The index will collect, and make easily accessible, significant information on the early growth of science in representative countries around the world.

Individual institutions and places

For the homepages of the universities see Education: Universities.

For astronomical institutions and places see History of Astronomy: Observatories and other places.

Aachen, Germany
- Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hochschule Aachen (in German)
Alexandria, (Ancient) Egypt
- The Decline of the Library and Museum of Alexandria, by Ellen Brundige
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- Universiteit van Amsterdam
Annapolis, Maryland, and Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA
- St. John's College
Augsburg, Germany
- University (in German)
Australia
- History of Australian Science and Technology
- Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO)
Baltimore, Maryland, USA
- Johns Hopkins University
Basel, Switzerland
- University (in German)
Berkeley, California, USA
- Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory
- Lawrence and His Laboratory
Berlin, Germany
- Humboldt-Universität
- Humboldt-Universität (in German)
  (1828-1945: Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität)
- Humboldt-Universität: Historische Gebäude (in German)
- Humboldt-Universität: Famous people
- Fritz-Haber-Institut
  (formerly Kaiser-Wilhelm-Institute for Physical Chemistry and Electrochemistry)
- Physikalisch-Technische Reichsanstalt / Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt
- Physikalisch-Technische Reichsanstalt / Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt (in German)
- Technische Universität (in German)
- Technische Universität 50 Jahre (in German)
Berne (Bern), Switzerland
- University Library of Berne (in German)
Bonn, Germany
- University
Bratislava, Slovakia
- Comenius University
  Including some information about the Institute of Astronomy (founded in 1944) and teaching of astronomy.
- The situation in higher education in Bratislava until 1919
  Including some information about the history of astronomy at Bratislava.
Braunschweig, Germany
- Technische Universität (in German)
  Formerly Collegium Carolinum / Polytechnische Schule / Herzogliche Technische Hochschule Carolo-Wilhelmina
Brno, Czech Republic
- Masaryk University
Budapest, Hungary
- Loránd Eötvös University
- Technical University of Budapest
California, USA
- University of California
Cambridge, UK
- University of Cambridge
- Science in Cambridge through the centuries (1209-1995)
- Physics in Cambridge / Cavendish Laboratory
Catania, Italy
- University of Catania Page under construction
Chicago, Illinois, USA
- Introductory Bibliography to University of Chicago History
Columbus, Ohio, USA
- Ohio State University
Copenhagen, Denmark
- Niels Bohr Institute
Croatia
- Croatia, an Overview of its History, Culture and Science
  Including history of science
Dresden, Germany
- Technische Universität (in German)
Düsseldorf, Germany
- Heinrich-Heine-Universität
  - Portrait (including history)
  - Portrait (in German)
  - Chronik (in German)
Estonia
- Estonia Country Guide - Culture, Science
Florence and Tuscany
Frankfurt am Main, Germany
- Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität (in German)
Frankfurt (Oder), Germany
- Alma mater Viadrina (1506 bis 1811) (in German)
Geneva (Genève, Genf), Switzerland
- Université de Genève (in French)
Ghent (Gent, Gand), Belgium
- University of Ghent
Göttingen, Germany
- Georg-August-Universität zu Göttingen (in German)
Graz, Austria
- Karl-Franzens University
- Karl-Franzens-Universität (in German)
- Karl-Franzens-Universität (in German)
Greece (including Ancient Greece)
- Greek Science
Greifswald, Germany
- Ernst-Moritz-Arndt University
- Physics at Greifswald
Hamburg, Germany
- Universität Hamburg (in German)
Heidelberg, Germany
- Ruprecht-Karls-Universität (in German)
Hungary
- Universities in Hungary from the Middle Ages to the Enlightened Absolutism (Or see the German version.)
  Including some information about astronomers at the Academia Istropolitana.
Italy
- Italy in the Middle Ages and untill 1600
- The history of Italian universities, a bibliography
Jena, Germany
- Carl Zeiss Companies
- Friedrich-Schiller-Universität (in German)
- Bedeutende Persönlichkeiten aus der Universitätsgeschichte (in German)
Korea
- The History of Science in Korea from Korea through Pictures
- History of Scientific Development in Korea (Chapter 16.1. of A Window on Korea)
Leipzig, Germany
- Universität Leipzig (in German)
- Physikalisches Institut der Universität (in German)
Los Alamos, New Mexico, USA
- Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL)
Mainz, Germany
- Johannes Gutenberg-Universität (in German)
Middletown, Connecticut, USA
- Wesleyan University
Moscow, Russia
- Lebedev Physical Institute (in Russian)
- Moscow University
- Moscow University: Faculty of Mechanics and Mathematics
- Moscow University: Department of Physics
- Database of Professors at Moscow University for the first 100 years: 1755-1855
Munich (München), Germany
- Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (in German)
- History of the Max-Planck-Institut für Physik / Werner-Heisenberg-Institut
  (formerly Kaiser Wilhelm-Institut für Physik at Berlin)
- Die Geschichte der Mathematik an der TU (in German)
Penc, Hungary
- Satellite Geodetic Observatory
Pasadena, California, USA
- California Institute of Technology (Caltech)
  George Ellery Hale is mentioned and cited
- History of women at Caltech
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
- The Franklin Institute
Pisa, Italy
- Istituto di Fisica dell'Università di Pisa
Potsdam, Germany
- Geosciences at the Telegrafenberg
  (a page from the GeoForschungsZentrum Potsdam)
Prague (Praha, Prag), Czech Republic
- Charles University
  - Faculty of Mathematics and Physics
Rostock, Germany
- Universität (in German)
Russia
- WWW Virtual Guide to the History of Russian and Soviet Science and Technology
- The Russian Academy of Sciences (1724-1999)
San Francisco, California, USA
- Silicon Valley
- see also: Stanford
Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA: see Annapolis
Seattle, Washington, USA
- Applied Physics Laboratory, University of Washington
- University of Washington: historic tour
Shanghai, China
- Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Slovenia
- Scientific Endeavor in Slovenia - a Historical Overview
Stanford, California, USA
- Stanford University
Stockholm, Sweden
- Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
Tartu, Estonia
- University of Tartu
Toronto, Canada
- University of Toronto
Tuscaloosa, Alabama, USA
- University of Alabama
Vilnius, Lithuania
- University of Vilnius
Washington, D.C., USA
- Georgetown University
Westford, Massachusetts, USA
- Millstone Hill Observatory
  A broad-based atmospheric sciences research facility
Wroclaw (formerly Breslau), Poland
- University