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History of astronomy

Observatories and other places

Kingswood, Australia
- Linden Observatory
  A private observatory.
Oslo, Norway
- Institute of Theoretical Astrophysics
Perth, Australia
- Perth Observatory

Persons

A
- Alcock, George E. D. (b. 1912)
  - Short biography and reference
  - (3174) Alcock (Minor planet)
- Anderson, John August (1876-1959)
  - Short biography and archival sources
- Argelander, Friedrich Wilhelm August (1799-1875)
  - Short biography and references
  - Very short biography and references (in Finnish) (Or see this (older?) version.)
  - Argelander, Friedrich Wilhelm August: Neue Uranometrie, 1843
  - Index of archival sources
  - References
B
- Baade, Wilhelm Heinrich Walter (1893-1960)
  - Short biography and reference
  - Very short biography
  - Walter Baade and the Southern Hemisphere, by D.E.Osterbrock
    Abstract
  - Crater Baade (lunar feature)
- Babbage, Charles (1792-1871)
  - Crater Babbage (lunar feature)
- Babcock, Harold Delos (1882-1968)
  - Crater Babcock (lunar feature)
  - Find more about Harold Babcock with Alta Vista
- Beames, Ken ( -1989)
  - Short biography (See also here.)
C
- Clavius [Klau], Christoph [Christopher] (1538-1612)
  - Short biography
D
- Douglas, Charles S. (1923-1998)
  - Obituary
E
- Einbu [Enebo], Sigurd (1866-1946)
  - Norddalsarkivet, avd. Dombås: Arkiv NGD 105 - Sigurd Enebo (in Norwegian)
  - Find more about Einbu with Alta Vista
F
- Friedmann [Fridman], Aleksandr [Alexander] Aleksandrovich (1888-1925)
  - Short biography
H
- Hassel, Olaf (1898-1972)
  - Biography (in Norwegian)
  - Short biography and reference
  - Rune Anda: "Olaf Hassel (1898 - 1972)" (Abstract)
  - Nova Hassel (in Norwegian)
  - Comet Jurlof-Achmarof-Hassel (C/1939 H1) (in Norwegian)
  - Find more about Hassel with Alta Vista
- Hertzsprung, Ejnar (1873-1967)
  - Short biography
  - Britannica Online entries
  - Portrait
  - Bibliography (Library of Congress entries)
  - Bibliography (ADS entries)
  - References (Library of Congress entries)
  - References (ADS entries)
  - Hertzsprung-Russell diagram
  - Crater Hertzsprung (lunar feature)
  - Find more about Hertzsprung with Alta Vista
K
- Kemble, Lucian (1922-1999)
  - Obituaries, autobiography, and more
- Kircher, Athanasius (1602-1680)
  - Short biography
L
- Lacroix, Sylvestre Francois (1765-1843)
  - Short biography and references
  - Crater Lacroix (lunar feature)
- Lamb, Horace (1849-1934)
  - Short biography and references
  - Crater Lamb (lunar feature)
- Lamé, Gabriel (1795-1870)
  - Short biography and references
  - Crater Lamé (lunar feature)
- Landau, Lev Davidovich (1908-1968)
  - The Nobel Prize in Physics 1962
    Including a short biography
  - Short biography and references
  - Crater Landau (lunar feature)
- Lebesgue, Henri Léon (1875-1941)
  - Short biography and references
  - Crater Lebesgue (lunar feature)
- Leucippus of Miletus [Leukippos; Leukipp] (ca. 480 BC - ca. 420 BC)
  - Short biography and references
  - Crater Leucippus (lunar feature)
- Lobachevskij [Lobachevsk[i]y; Lobatschewski], Nikolaj [Nikolai; Nikolay] Ivanovich [Iwanowitsch] (1792-1856)
  - Short biography and references
  - Crater Lobachevskiy (lunar feature)
- Love, Augustus Edward Hough (1863-1940)
  - Short biography and references
  - Crater Love (lunar feature)
- Lovelace, Augusta Ada King, Countess of (1815-1852)
  - Short biography and references
- Lyapunov [Ljapunow], Aleksandr [Alexandr] Mikhajlovich [Michailowitsch] (1857-1918)
  - Short biography and references
  - Crater Lyapunov (lunar feature)
N
- Nordström, Gunnar (1881-1923)
  - Gunnar Nordström (1881-1923): On gravity and relativity, by Eva Isaksson
R
- Rosseland, Svein (1894-1985)
  - "Nur die Fülle führt zur Klarheit", by Bjørn O. Listog (in Norwegian)
    Forskningspolitikk nr. 3/96
  - En frontfigur i norsk forskning og forskningsorganisasjon, by Øystein Elgarøy (in Norwegian)
    Forskningspolitikk nr. 3/96
  - Svein Rosseland and the Oslo Analyzer, by Per A. Holst
    Abstract. IEEE Annals of the History of Computing, Vol. 18, No. 4, 1996
  - Find more about Rosseland with Alta Vista
V
- Verbiest, Ferdinand (1623-1688)
  - Short biography
W
- Willcox, Kenneth W. (1943-1999)
  - Obituary
  - Obituary
Index of all persons from A to Z (updated)

Working Group for the History of Astronomy

Publications
- Electronic newsletters
  - Elektronische Mitteilungen zur Astronomiegeschichte
    Nr. 41, 27. Mai 1999

Wolfgang R. Dick

History of Astronomy : What's new

History of Astronomy: What's new at this site on May 27, 1999

History of Astronomy:
What's new at this site on May 27, 1999