History of Astronomy : What's new

History of Astronomy:
What's new at this site on August 30, 1999

Several URLs have been updated.

Welcome / About

• Citation Index
  updated
• Acknowledgements
  updated

History of astronomy

General

• From the Big Bang to the End of the Universe: The Mysteries of Deep Space Timeline
  Includes some history of astronomy.

Observatories and other places

• Auckland, New Zealand
  • The Astronomical History of the Auckland Province, by R. A. McIntosh and John Grigg
    From The Amateur Astronomer, Vol. 17, No. 2, May 1957, p. 20-22; No. 3, Dec. 1957, p. 40-42; Vol. 18, No. 1, June 1958, p. 3-6; No. 2, Dec. 1958, p. 20-23; No. 3, May 1959, p. 46-48; No. 4, Dec. 1959, p. 60-65.
• London, Ontario, Canada
  • A History of the Department of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Western Ontario, by Donald R. Moorcroft (See also Introduction.)
    From Physics in Canada, Vol. 55, No. 4, July/Aug. 1999, p. 159-176
• Ottobeuren, Germany
  • Sternwarte Ottobeuren (in German)
    Public observatory.
• Penllergaer, Swansea, South Wales, UK
  • The Penllergaer Observatory, South Wales, UK, by S. J. Wainwright
• Prague (Praha, Prag), Czech Republic
  • History of Physics in Prague
    Including history of astronomy.
• Richmond, UK
  • The King's Observatory at Richmond
• Wertheim, Germany
  • Johann-Kern-Sternwarte Wertheim (in German)
    Public observatory.

Persons

• A
  • al-Kindi, Yaqub Ibn Ishaq [Alkindus] (c.800-c.873)
    • Short biography and references
    • Short biography (Or see here.)
  • Anaximander of Miletus (611 BC - 547 BC)
    • Short biography
  • Anaximenes of Miletus (c. 585 BC - c. 525 BC)
    • Short biography
  • Arnold, John (1736-1799)
    • Very short biographical data and portrait
    • Find more about John Arnold and chronometers with Alta Vista
  • Autolycus of Pitane [Autolykos aus Pitane] (c. 360 BC - c. 290 BC)
    • Short biography and references
• B
  • Barclay, Andrew (c.1814-1900)
    • Andrew Barclay and his Telescopes, by Dave Gavine
  • Barnum, Charlotte Cynthia (1860-1934)
    • Short biography
  • Bates, Richard Heaton Tunstall (1929-1990)
    • Obituary and bibliography
  • Benoît, Michel (1715-1774)
    • Short biography and references
      From the Catholic Encyclopedia, 1913
  • Bolton, John Gatenby (1922-1993)
    • Biography
      From Historical Records of Australian Science, Vol. 10, No. 4, 1996
  • Boulliau, Ismael (1605-1694)
    • Project Boulliau
      Short biography, Correspondence Network, letters, and other topics.
  • Bracewell, Ronald Newbold (b. 1921)
    • Short biographical data
  • Bragg, William Henry (1862-1942)
    • The Nobel Prize in Physics 1915
      Including a short biography.
  • Breguet, Abraham-Louis (1747-1823)
    • Short biography and reference (in German)
  • Briggs, Daniel S. (1964-1998)
    • Obituary and remembrances
  • Burbidge, Geoffrey (b. 1925)
    • Short biography
• C
  • Campbell, Catherine Celeste (1905-?)
    • Short biography
  • Collins, John (1625-1683)
    • Short biography and references
  • Coningham, S. Brett (?-1999)
    • Obituary
• D
  • Delaunay, Charles Eugene [Charles-Eugene] (1816-1872)
    • Very short biography and reference
  • Deparcieux, Antoine (1703-1768)
    • Short biography and references
  • Duhamel [Du Hamel], Jean-Baptiste (1623/24-1706)
    • Short biography and references
      From the Catholic Encyclopedia, 1913
  • Dyson, Freeman J. (b. 1923)
    • Very short biography, bibliography and reference
• E
  • Eugenius I (?-647)
    • Short biography and references
      From the Catholic Encyclopedia, 1913
  • Evans, John V. (20th c.)
    • Very short biography and reference
• F
  • Fabri [Fabry; Lefèvre], Honoré (1607-1688)
    • Short biography and references
      From the Catholic Encyclopedia, 1913
  • Fixlmüller [Fixlmillner], Placidus (1721-1791)
    • Short biography and references
      From the Catholic Encyclopedia, 1913
• H
  • Hazard, Cyril (20th c.)
    • Very short biography and reference
  • Hippasus of Metapontum [Hippasos von Metapont] (fl. c. 500 BC)
    • Very short biography
  • Hulst, Hendrik van de (b. 1918)
    • Very short biography, bibliography and references
• J
  • Jones, William (1675-1749)
    • Short biography and references
• K
  • Kern, Johann (1895-1975)
    • Johann-Kern-Sternwarte Wertheim, Germany (in German)
      Including a short biography.
  • Kingman, John Frank Charles (b. 1939)
    • Short biography and references
• L
  • Lavoisier, Antoine-Laurent (1743-1794)
    • Short biography and references
      From the Catholic Encyclopedia, 1913
• M
  • Maffei, Francesco Scipione (1675-1755)
    • Short biography and references
      From the Catholic Encyclopedia, 1913
• N
  • Neumann, Franz Ernst (1798-1895)
    • Short biography and references
  • Nuñez Salaciense, Pedro [Nunes, Pedro; Nonius, Petrus] (1502-1578)
    • Short biography and references
      From the Catholic Encyclopedia, 1913
• O
  • Oenopides of Chios (c. 490 BC - c. 420 BC)
    • Short biography and references
• R
  • Rankine, William John Macquorn (1820-1872)
    • Short biography and references
    • Very short biography
  • Roberval, Gilles Personne de (1602-1675)
    • Short biography and references
  • Rocard, Yves-André (1903-1992)
    • Very short biography
• S
  • Saha, Meghnad (1893-1956)
    • Short biographical data and bibliography
    • Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, Calcutta, India
    • Saha Memorial Lectures, since 1957
    • Announcement of Dr. Meghnad Saha Award Scheme for 1996 & 1997
    • Find more about Saha with Alta Vista
  • Slee, O. Bruce (20th c.)
    • Very short biography and reference
    • Memories (abstract)
    • Bibliography (1) (ADS entries)
    • Bibliography (2) (ADS entries)
  • Stanley, G. J. (20th c.)
    • Very short biography and reference
    • Bibliography (ADS entries)
  • Steinmeyer, Ferdinand (1720-1786)
    • Short biography and references
      From the Catholic Encyclopedia, 1913
  • Stodola, Edwin King (1914-1992)
    • Very short biography
• U
  • Ulam, Stanislaw Marcin (1909-1984)
    • Short biography and references
    • Bibliography (ADS entries)
• W
  • Walker, Arthur Geoffrey (b. 1909)
    • Short biography and references
  • Witt, John H. de, Jr. (20th c.)
    • Very short biography and reference
• Index of all persons from A to Z (updated)
• More biographies / Sources and other lists
  • Telescope Maker Biography Resources

Items

• Solar System
  • A Brief History of Comets II (1950 -1993)
  • The Bright Comet Chronicles, by John E. Bortle

Museums, memorials, historical places and exhibits

• Eger, Hungary
  • The Museum of Astronomy (Or see German version.)
• Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
  • Museu de Astronomia e Ciências Afins (in Portuguese, English in preparation)
    Museum of Astronomy and Related Sciences

Historians of astronomy

• Kurtik, Gennadij
  Including a list of publications
• McConnell, Craig Sean
  Including a list of publications
• Reichart, Karaleah Sabina
• Veliz, Claudio
• Warner, Brian

Wolfgang R. Dick