History of Astronomy : Persons

History of Astronomy: Persons (A)

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• Aaronson, Marc (1950-1987)
• Abbadie, Antoine Thompson d' (1810-1897)
• Abbe, Cleveland (1838-1916)
• Abbe, Ernst (1840-1905)
• Abbon de Fleury [Abbo of Fleury; Abbo von Fleury; Albo; Albon Floriacensis] (c. 945-1004)
• Abbot, Charles Greeley (1872-1973)
• Abbott, Francis (1799-1883)
• Abbott, Francis (Jnr) (1834-1903)
• Abel, Niels Henrik (1802-1829)
• Abell, George Ogden (1927-1983)
• Abetti, Antonio (1846-1928)
• Abetti, Giorgio (1882-1982)
• Abney, William de Wiveleslie, Sir (1843-1920)
• Abiosi [Abbiosi], Giovanni Battista [Jean-Baptiste] (fl. 1490-1520)
• Ablufarabius: see al-Farabi, Mohammed (c. 870-950)
• Abraham bar Hiyya Ha-Nasi [Abraham Ben Chaja [Chija]; Abraham Judaeus] (c.1065-c.1136)
  • Short biography and references (MacTutor Hist. Math.)
  • Short biography and references (C. Plicht)
  • Short biography (Encycl. Brit.)
• Abraham Ben Dior [Ben David, Harischon; Josophat Ben Levi] (12th c.)
  • Very short biography and references (C. Plicht)
• Abraham ben Meir ibn Ezra: see Ezra, Abraham ben Meir ibn (1092-1167)
• Abraham Zachut [Abraham Zacuto; Zagut] (c. 1450 - c. 1510)
  • Very short biography and reference (C. Plicht)
• Abu Abdallah al-Battani (868-929): see al-Battani
• Abu al-Hasan: see Ali Ibn Rabban al-Tabari (838-870)
• Abu Ali Hasan Ibn al-Haitham (965-1040): see al-Haitham
• Abu al-Nasr al-Farabi (870-950): see al-Farabi
• Abu Dschaasar Almansur (712-775)
  • Short biography and references (C. Plicht)
• Abu Hamid al-Ghazali (1058-1128): see al-Ghazali
• Abu Mashar: see Albumazar (787-885)
• Abu Raihan al-Biruni (973-1048): see al-Biruni
• Abu al-Fida' [Abu'l Fida; Abu'L-fida; Abulfeda], Ismail (1273-1331)
  • Short biography and references (C. Plicht)
  • Short biography (Encycl. Brit.)
  • Crater Abulfeda (lunar feature)
• Abu al-Wafa' [Abul Wafa; Abu'l-Wafa; Abul Wefa] Muhammad al-Buzjani (940-997)
  • Short biography and references (MacTutor Hist. Math.)
  • Short biography (Encycl. Brit.)
  • Short biography(Or see here or here.)
  • Crater Abul Wafa (lunar feature)
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• Achmed Ibn Ketir: see al-Farghani [Alfraganus]
• Achmed Ibn Mohammed Alfagan Abu Hamed (?-980)
  • Very short biography and reference (C. Plicht)
• Acosta, Cristobal (1515-c.1594)
  Solar system feature named after him. No other relation to astronomy known to us.
  • Biographical data and references
  • Crater Acosta (lunar feature)
• Acronius, Johann[es] (1520-1564)
  • Very short biography and references (C. Plicht)
• Adam von Bremen [Adam of Bremen] (?-c.1085)
  Wrote also on the shape of the Earth.
  • Short biography and references (Biogr. Kirchenlex.) (in German)
  • Very short biography (Biography.com)
• Adams, Charles Edward (1870-1945)
  • Short biography and references (C. Plicht)
• Adams, Charles H. (1868 - 1951)
  • Very short data and reference (C. Plicht)
• Adams, George (?-1786)
  • Short biography and reference (C. Plicht)
• Adams, George (1750-1795)
  • Short biography and references (C. Plicht)
• Adams, John Couch (1819-1892)
  • Short biography and references (MacTutor Hist. Math.)
  • Short biography and references (C. Plicht)
  • Short biography (Encycl. Brit.)
  • Very short biography (Eric Weisstein's Treasure Trove)
  • Very short biography (Biography.com)
  • Very short biography (5 Mar 2003: disappeared?)
  • Adams, Airy and the Discovery of Neptune in 1846, by Allan Chapman
  • Crater Adams (lunar feature)
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• Adams, John Frank (1930-1989)
  • Short biography and references (MacTutor Hist. Math.)
• Adams, Philip Francis (1828-1901)
  • Short biographical data (Bright Sparcs)
• Adams, Walter Sydney (1876-1956)
  • Short biography, photo, references, and links (Bruce medal.)
  • Short biography and references (C. Plicht)
  • Very short biography (Encycl. Brit.)
  • Very short biography (Biography.com)
  • Portraits
• Adams, William Grylls (1836-1915)
  • Short biography and references (C. Plicht)
• Adderley, Ernest Edward (1914-1993[1992?])
  • Short biographical data (Bright Sparcs)
  • Biographical data
• Adelard of Bath (1075-1160)
  • Short biography and references (MacTutor Hist. Math.)
  • Very short biography (Encycl. Brit.)
• Adelbulner, Michael (1702-1779)
  • Short biography and references (C. Plicht)
• Adierna: see Odierna, Gioanbatista [Giovan/Giovanni Battista] (1597-1660)
• Aepinus, Franz Ulrich Theodosius (1724-1802)
  • Short biography and references (MacTutor Hist. Math.)
  • Short biography (Encycl. Brit.)
  • Very short biography (Eric Weisstein's Treasure Trove)
• Affleck, Ian Keith (b. 1952)
  • Short biographical data
• Aganike [Aganice] (fl. c. 1900 BC)
  • Short biographical data
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• Agardh, John Mortimer (1812-1862)
  • Short biography and reference (C. Plicht)
• Agassiz, Jean Louis Rodolphe (1807-1873)
  Solar system feature named after him. No other relation to astronomy known to us.
  • Biography and references (Encycl. Brit.)
  • Short biography and links
  • Short biography (11 Aug 1998: disappeared)
  • Very short biography (Biography.com)
  • Very short biography (Eric Weisstein's Treasure Trove)
  • Very short biography and links
• Agatharchides of Cnidus (? - c. 150 BC)
  • Very short biography
  • Crater Agatharchides (lunar feature)
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• Aglaonike (c.200 BC)
  • Short biographical data
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• Agnesi, Maria Gaetana (1718-1799)
  • Biography
  • Short biography and references (MacTutor Hist. Math.)
  • Short biography (Encycl. Brit.)
  • Short biography
  • Short biography (in German)
  • Very short biography (Biography.com)
  • Short biographical data
  • Links to WWW sources
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• Agricola, Georgius [Bauer, Georg] (1494-1555)
  Solar system feature named after him. No other relation to astronomy known to us.
  • Biography and references (Encycl. Brit.)
  • Short biography and references (in German)
  • Very short biography (Biography.com)
  • Very short biographical data (Eric Weisstein's Treasure Trove)
• Agrippa (fl. AD 92)
  • Short biography (Encycl. Brit.)
  • Crater Agrippa (lunar feature)
  • Crater Agrippa (lunar feature)
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• Agrippa, Heinrich Cornelius [Agrippa von Nettesheim] (1486-1535)
  • Biographical data and references
  • Short biography and references (Biogr. Kirchenlex.) (in German)
  • Short biography (Encycl. Brit.)
• Ahmad Khan, Khwajah Farid al-din (1747-1828)
  • Very short biography (Biogr. Kirchenlex.) (in German)
    In the biography of his grandson.
• Ahmed b. Muh. b. 'Otman el-Azdi, Abu'l'Abbas: see Ibn Al-Banna, al-Marrakushi (1256-1321)
• Ailly, Pierre d' [Aliacensis; Petrus de Allaco] (1350-c.1420)
  • Short biography and references
    From the Catholic Encyclopedia, 1913
  • Short biography and references (Biogr. Kirchenlex.) (in German)
  • Short biography (Encycl. Brit.)
  • Very short biography and references (5 Mar 2003: disappeared?)
  • Very short biography (Biography.com)
  • Crater Aliacensis (lunar feature)
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• Airy, George Biddell (1801-1892)
  • Biography and references
  • Short biography and references (MacTutor Hist. Math.)
  • Short biography and references (in German)
  • Short biography (Encycl. Brit.)
  • Very short biography and reference (5 Mar 2003: disappeared?)
  • Very short biography (Eric Weisstein's Treasure Trove)
  • Very short biography (Biography.com)
  • Adams, Airy and the Discovery of Neptune in 1846, by Allan Chapman
  • Bibliography
  • Crater Airy (lunar feature)
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• Aitken, Robert Grant (1864-1951)
• Ajima, Chokuyen Naonobu (1732-1798)
  • Short biography and reference (MacTutor Hist. Math.)
• Åkerman, Anders (1721-1778[1804?])
  • Short biography
  • Short biographical data
• Akhenaton [Akh(e)naten; Amenhotep (Amenophis) IV] (fl. 14th c. BC)
  • Biography and references (Encycl. Brit.)
  • Very short biography (Biography.com)
• Al-Baghdadi, Abu Mansur ibn Tahir (c.980-1037)
  • Short biography, references and links (MacTutor Hist. Math.)
• Al-Bakri, A. A. (1010-1094)
  Solar system feature named after him. No other relation to astronomy known to us.
  • Crater Al-Bakri (lunar feature)
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• Al-Banna, al-Marrakushi ibn: see Ibn Al-Banna, al-Marrakushi (1256-1321)
• Albategnius: see al-Battani, Abu Abdallah (c.868-929)
• al-Battani, Abu Allah [Abdallah] Mohammad ibn Jabir [Albategnius] (c.858-929)
  • Short biography and references (MacTutor Hist. Math.)
  • Short biography (Encycl. Brit.)
  • Short biography(Or see here or here.)
  • Very short biography (Eric Weisstein's Treasure Trove)
  • Very short biography (5 Mar 2003: disappeared?)
  • Crater Albategnius (lunar feature)
• Alberti, Gioachino (fl. 1822)
  • Short biographical data
• Albertus Magnus [Albert the Great; Albert der Große; Graf von (Count of) Bollstädt] (c.1200-1280)
  • Biography
    From the Catholic Encyclopedia, 1913
  • Short biography and references (Encycl. Brit.)
  • Short biography and references (MacTutor Hist. Math.)
  • Short biography and extended bibliography (Biogr. Kirchenlex.) (in German)
  • Very short biography (Biography.com)
  • Very short biography and link (Eric Weisstein's Treasure Trove)
• al-Biruni, Abu Raihan (973-1048)
  • Short biography and references (MacTutor Hist. Math.)
  • Short biography (Encycl. Brit.)
  • Short biography (Or see here or here.)
  • Very short biography (5 Mar 2003: disappeared?)
  • Crater Al-Biruni (lunar feature)
• Albumazar [Abu Mashar; Abu-Mashar; Abu Maschar] (787-886)
  • Short biography (Encycl. Brit.)
  • Very short biography (Biography.com)
  • Very short biography (5 Mar 2003: disappeared?)
• al-Buzjani: see Abul Wafa Muhammad al-Buzjani (940-997)
• Alcmaeon of Croton [Alkmaion von Kroton] (ca. 535 BC - ?)
  • Very short biography (Eric Weisstein's Treasure Trove)
• Alcock, George E. D. (1912-2000)
  • Short biography and reference
  • (3174) Alcock (Minor planet)
• Alcuin (c.732-804)
  • Short biography (Encycl. Brit.)
• Alden, Harold Lee (1890-1964)
  • Short biography
  • Short biography and reference (C. Plicht)
  • Correspondence, University of Cape Town Library
  • Crater Alden (lunar feature)
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• Alder, Kurt (1902-1958)
  Solar system feature named after him. No other relation to astronomy known to us.
  • The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1950
    Including a short biography.
  • Short biography (Encycl. Brit.)
  • Very short biography (Biography.com)
  • Crater Alder (lunar feature)
• Aldhelm (c.639-709)
  • Short biography (Encycl. Brit.)
• Aldrin, Edwin Eugene, Jr. ["Buzz"] (b. 1930)
  • Short biography, reference and links
  • Short biography (Encycl. Brit.)
  • Very short biography (Biography.com)
  • Very short biography (in German)
  • Crater Aldrin (lunar feature)
  • Edwin Aldrin School, Schaumburg, IL, USA
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• Alekhin, Nikolaj P. (1913-1964)
  Solar system feature named after him. No other relation to astronomy known to us.
  • Crater Alekhin (lunar feature)
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• Alembert, Jean-Baptiste Le Rond d' (1717-1783)
  • Biography and references (Encycl. Brit.)
  • Short biography and references (MacTutor Hist. Math.)
  • Short biography and references (in German)
  • Short biography and references (Biogr. Kirchenlex.) (in German)
  • Short biography (Eric Weisstein's Treasure Trove)
  • Very short biography (Biography.com)
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• Alenio [Aleni; Alenis], Giulio (1582-1644)
  • Short biography and references
    From the Catholic Encyclopedia, 1913
  • Short biography and extended bibliography (Biogr. Kirchenlex.) (in German)
• Alexander the Great [A. der Große; A. of Macedon] (356 BC - 323 BC)
  Solar system feature named after him. No other relation to astronomy known to us.
  • Biography and extended bibliography (Encycl. Brit.)
  • Biography, references and links
  • Very short biography (Biography.com)
  • Crater Alexander (lunar feature)
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• Alexandre, Jacques (1653-1734)
  • Short biography and reference
    From the Catholic Encyclopedia, 1913
  • Short biography and extended bibliography (Biogr. Kirchenlex.) (in German)
• al-Farabi, Mohammed [Abu Nasr; Abu al-Nasr; Ablufarabius; Avennasar] (c. 870-950)
  • Short biography (Encycl. Brit.)
  • Short biography (Or see here or here.)
  • Short biography and references (Biogr. Kirchenlex.) (in German)
  • Very short biography (Biography.com)
• al-Farghani [al Fargani], Muhammed Ebn Ketir [Achmed Ibn Ketir; Alfraganus] (? - c. 840)
  • Short biography (Or see here.)
  • Very short biography and reference (C. Plicht)
  • Very short biography (5 Mar 2003: disappeared?)
  • Crater Alfraganus (lunar feature)
• Alfonso X [Alfons X. von Castilien; Alfonso the Astronomer; Alfonso the Wise] (1221-1284)
  • Short biography (Encycl. Brit.)
  • Very short biography (Biography.com)
  • Biographical material
• Alfraganus: see al-Farghani
• Alfred the Great [Alfred der Große] (849-899)
  • Biography and references (Encycl. Brit.)
  • Very short biography (Biography.com)
• Alfvén, Hannes Olof Gösta (1908-1995)
• al-Ghazali, Abu Hamid (1058-1128)
  • Short biography and references (Encycl. Brit.)
  • Short biography (Or see here.)
• al-Haitham, Abu Ali Hasan Ibn [Alhazen] (965-1040)
  • Short biography and references (MacTutor Hist. Math.)
  • Short biography and references
  • Short biography (Or see here.)
  • Very short biography (Eric Weisstein's Treasure Trove)
  • Crater Alhazen (lunar feature)
• Alhazen: see al-Haitham, Abu Ali Hasan Ibn (965-1040)
• Ali Ibn Rabban al-Tabari [Abu al-Hasan Ali Bin Sahl Rabban al-Tabari] (838-870)
  • Short biography (A. Zahoor)
  • Biographical data and bibliography (Or see here or here.)
• Al-Khalili, Shams al-Din Abu Abdallah (c.1320-c.1380)
  • Short biography, references and links (MacTutor Hist. Math.)
• al-Khawarizmi: see al-Khwarizmi (c.800-c.850)
• al-Khayyam: see Khayyam, Omar (1048-1122)
• al-Khwarizmi [al-Khawarizmi; al'Khwarizmi], Abu Abd-Allah [Abdullah; Ja'far] Mohammad [Muhammad] ibn Musa [Bin Musa] (c.780-c.850)
  • Short biography and references (MacTutor Hist. Math.)
  • Short biography and references
  • Short biography (Encycl. Brit.)
  • Short biography (Or see here or here.)
  • Very short biography (Biography.com)
  • Very short biography (Eric Weisstein's Treasure Trove)
  • Crater Al-Khwarizmi (lunar feature)
• al-Kindi, Yaqub Ibn Ishaq [Alkindus] (c.800-c.873)
  • Short biography and references (MacTutor Hist. Math.)
  • Short biography (Or see here.)
  • Very short biography (Encycl. Brit.)
• Alkmaion von Kroton: see Alcmaeon of Croton (ca. 535 BC - ?)
• Allen, Clabon Walter (1904-1987)
  • Short biographical data and bibliography
  • Very short biography and archival sources (Bright Sparcs)
  • Short biography
• Allen, David (1946-1994)
  • Very short biography (Bright Sparcs)
• al-Maghribi, Muhyi l'din (c.1220-c.1283)
  • Short biography, references and links (MacTutor Hist. Math.)
• Al-Marrakushi (fl. c. 1262)
  • Short biography and references
  • Crater Al-Marrakushi (lunar feature)
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• Alpetragius [Al-Bitruji, Nur al-Din Ibn Ishaq; Al Betrugi, Nur Ed-Din; al Bidrudschi, Nur ad din] (? - c. 1100)
  • Short biography and references (A. Zahoor)
  • Crater Alpetragius (lunar feature)
  • Crater Alpetragius (lunar feature)
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• Alpher, Ralph Asher (b. 1921)
  • Short biography and reference
  • Short biography (Hutchinson DSB)
  • Very short biography (Biography.com)
  • Very short biography
• al-Quhi, Abu Sahl Wayjan ibn Rustam (c.940-c.1000)
  • Short biography and references (MacTutor Hist. Math.)
• al-Razi [ar-Razi], Mohammad Ibn Zakariya (c.865-923/932)
  • Short biography (Encycl. Brit.)
  • Short biography (Or see here or here.)
• Al Sufi, Abd-al-Rahman [Abr-ar Rahman As Sufi; Abd al Rahman Abu al Husain; Azophi] (903-986)
  • Short biography, references, links (H. Frommert, C. Kronberg)
• al-Tabari: see Ali Ibn Rabban al-Tabari (838-870)
• Alter, David (1807-1881)
  • Very short biography (Biography.com)
• Althoff, Friedrich Theodor (1839-1908)
  • Biography and extended bibliography (Biogr. Kirchenlex.) (in German)
  • Find more about Althoff with Google
• al-Tusi, Nasir al-Din (1201-1274): see Nasir al-Din al-Tusi
• Alvarez, Luis Walter (1911-1988)
  • Short biography and references
  • Short biography (Encycl. Brit.)
  • Short biography
  • Short biography (23 Oct 2000: disappeared?)
  • The Nobel Prize in Physics 1968
    Including a short biography.
  • Very short biography and reference (Eric Weisstein's Treasure Trove)
  • Very short biographical data and links
  • Very short biography (Biography.com)
• al-Zarqali [Arzachel; As Sarkali] (1028-1087)
  • Short biography and references
  • Find documents about al-Zarqali and astronomy with Alta Vista
• Alzate y Ramirez, José Antonio (1738-1799)
  • Short biography and references
    From the Catholic Encyclopedia, 1913
• Ambartsumian [Ambarzumjan], Victor [Viktor] Amazasp [Amazaspovich] (1908-1996)
  • Short biography, photo, references, and links (Bruce medal.)
  • Short biography (Encycl. Brit.)
  • Short biography
  • Very short biography (Biography.com)
  • Obituary note
    Encyclopaedia Britannica: Year in Review 1996
• Ambolt, Nils Peter (1900-1969)
  • Very short biographical data and links
• Ambronn, Leopold Friedrich Anton (1854-1930)
  • Short biography and references
• Ambronn, Richard (1887-1954)
  • Short biography and references (in German)
• Amenhotep (Amenophis) IV: see Akhenaton (fl. 14th c. BC)
• Ames, Nathaniel (1708-1764)
  • Very short biography and reference (5 Mar 2003: disappeared?)
• Amici, Giovanni Battista (1786-1868)
  • Short biography (Encycl. Brit.)
  • Short biography
  • Very short biography (Biography.com)
  • Very short biography (Eric Weisstein's Treasure Trove)
  • Very short biography (5 Mar 2003: disappeared?)
• 'Amili, Baha' ad-din Muhammad ibn Husayn, al- [Shaykh Baha'i] (1546-1622)
  • Short biography (Encycl. Brit.)
• Amiot, Jean-Joseph-Marie (1718-1793)
  • Very short biography (Encycl. Brit.)
  • Short biography and extended bibliography (Biogr. Kirchenlex.) (in German)
• Ammen, Daniel (1820-1898)
  • Short biography
    From the Catholic Encyclopedia, 1913
• Amontons, Guillaume (1663-1705)
  • Biographical data and references
  • Short biography (Encycl. Brit.)
  • Very short biography (Biography.com)
• Ampère, André Marie (1775-1836)
  • Short biography and references (MacTutor Hist. Math.)
  • Short biography (Encycl. Brit.)
  • Short biography
  • Short biography (Eric Weisstein's Treasure Trove)
  • Mons Ampère (lunar feature)
• Amundsen, Roald Engelbregt Gravning (1872-1928)
  Solar system feature named after him. No other relation to astronomy known to us.
  • Short biography and references
  • Short biography (Encycl. Brit.)
  • Very short biography (Biography.com)
• Anaxagoras of Clazomenae (c. 500 BC - c. 428 BC)
  • Short biography and references (Encycl. Brit.)
  • Short biography and references (MacTutor Hist. Math.)
  • Very short biography (Eric Weisstein's Treasure Trove)
  • Very short biography (Biography.com)
  • Crater Anaxagoras (lunar feature)
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• Anaximander of Miletus (610 BC - 546/545 BC)
  • Short biography and references (Encycl. Brit.)
  • Short biography and references (5 Mar 2003: disappeared?)
  • Short biography
  • Very short biography (Eric Weisstein's Treasure Trove)
  • Very short biography (Biography.com)
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• Anaximenes of Miletus (c. 585 BC - c. 525 BC)
  • Short biography (Encycl. Brit.)
  • Short biography
  • Very short biography (Eric Weisstein's Treasure Trove)
  • Very short biography and links
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• Anders, William Alison (b. 1933)
  • Short biography (Encycl. Brit.)
• Anderson, Carl David (1905-1991)
  • Short biography (Encycl. Brit.)
  • Very short biography (Eric Weisstein's Treasure Trove)
  • Very short biography (Biography.com)
  • Very short biography (5 Mar 2003: disappeared?)
• Anderson, Don Lynn (b. 1933)
  • Very short biography (Biography.com)
• Anderson, Henry James (1799-1875)
  • Short biography
    From the Catholic Encyclopedia, 1913
• Anderson, John August (1876-1959)
  • Short biography and archival sources
  • Very short biography and reference (Eric Weisstein's Treasure Trove)
• Andreae, Iohannes: see Schindel, Iohannes (fl. 14th-15th c.)
• Andreae, Johann Valentin (1586-1654)
  • Biographical data and references
• Andronicus of Cyrrhus [Andronicus Cyrrhestes] (fl. c. 100 BC)
  • Very short biography (Encycl. Brit.)
• Angel, James Roger Prior (b. 1941)
  • Very short biography (Biography.com)
• Angelitti, Filippo (1856-1931)
  • Short biography and references (in Italian)
• Ångström, Anders Jonas (1814-1874)
  • Short biography and reference (in German)
  • Short biography (Encycl. Brit.)
  • Very short biography (Eric Weisstein's Treasure Trove)
  • Very short biography (Biography.com)
• Anianus (fl. 412)
  • Short biography and references (Biogr. Kirchenlex.) (in German)
• Ansgar [Angarius; Anskar], St (801-865)
  Solar system feature named after him. No other relation to astronomy known to us.
  • Short biography and references (Encycl. Brit.)
  • Very short biography (Biography.com)
• Anthelme, Voituret (c.1618-1683)
  • Biographical data and references
• Anthonisz, Adriaan (c.1543-1620)
  • Biographical data and references
• Anville, Jean Baptiste [Jean-Baptiste] Bourguignon d' (1697-1782)
  • Short biography (Encycl. Brit.)
  • Very short biography (Biography.com)
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• Apian [Apianus; Bienewitz; Bennewitz], Peter [Petrus] (1495-1552)
  • Biographical data and references
  • Cosmographia: A Close Encounter
    On Petrus Apianus' Cosmographia (1533), edited and enlarged by Gemma Frisius, and on cosmography in general. Includes short biographies of both authors.
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• Apollonius [Apollonios] of Perga (c.262 BC - c.190 BC)
  • Short biography and references (MacTutor Hist. Math.)
  • Short biography (Encycl. Brit.)
  • Very short biography (Eric Weisstein's Treasure Trove)
  • Bibliography and WWW links
  • Crater Apollonius (lunar feature)
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• Appleton, Edward Victor (1892-1965)
  • The Nobel Prize in Physics 1947
    With a short biography.
  • Short biography (Encycl. Brit.)
  • Very short biography (Eric Weisstein's Treasure Trove)
  • Very short biography (Biography.com)
• Apt, Jay (b. 1949)
  • Biographical data
• Aquila (fl. 2nd c.)
  • Short biography (Encycl. Brit.)
• Aquinas, Thomas: see Thomas Aquinas (1224/25-1274)
• Arago, Dominique François Jean (1786-1853)
  • Short biography and references (MacTutor Hist. Math.)
  • Short biography and references (in German)
  • Short biography (Encycl. Brit.)
  • Very short biography (Eric Weisstein's Treasure Trove)
  • Very short biography (Biography.com)
  • Very short biography (5 Mar 2003: disappeared?)
  • Crater Arago (lunar feature)
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• Aratus [Aratos] (c. 315 BC - c. 245 BC)
  • Short biography (Encycl. Brit.)
  • Written in the Stars: Poetry and Philosophy in the Phaenomena of Aratus by Richard L. Hunter
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  • Find more about Aratus with Alta Vista
• Archelaus (fl. 5th c. BC)
  • Very short biography (Biography.com)
• Archenhold, Friedrich Simon (1861-1939)
  • Short biography and reference
  • Short biography (in German)
  • Archenhold-Sternwarte (in German)
  • Archenhold-Oberschule Berlin-Treptow (in German)
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• Archimedes of Syracuse (c.290/280 BC - 212/211 BC)
  • Archimedes Home Page
  • Biography and extended bibliography (Encycl. Brit.)
  • Short biography and references (Or see here.)
  • Short biography, references and links (MacTutor Hist. Math.)
  • Short biography and references (Eric Weisstein's Treasure Trove)
  • Short biography
  • Short biography (Biography.com)
  • Bibliography and WWW links
  • Crater Archimedes (lunar feature)
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• Archytas of Tarentum (c. 428 BC - c. 350 BC)
  • Short biography and references (MacTutor Hist. Math.)
  • Short biography (Encycl. Brit.)
  • Crater Archytas (lunar feature)
  • Rima Archytas (lunar feature)
• Arctowski, Henryk (1871-1958)
  • Short biography
  • Henryk Arctowski at the Royal Observatory of Belgium (Abstract)
  • Arctowski Medal
  • The Polish Antarctic Station "Henryk Arctowski"
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• Ardeberg, Arne (b. 1940)
  • Very short biographical data and links
• Ardenne, Manfred von (1907-1997)
  Physicist, amateur astronomer
  • Very short biography
  • Short biography (in German)
  • Biographical data (in German)
  • Sternwarte "Manfred von Ardenne", Dresden, Germany (in German)
  • Manfred-von-Ardenne Gymnasium, Riesa-Weida, Germany (in German)
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• Argand, Emile (1879-1940)
  • Portrait, reference, hand-drawings
  • Index of archival sources (in French, partly in German and Italian)
  • Dorsa Argand (lunar feature)
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• Argelander, Friedrich Wilhelm August (1799-1875)
  • Short biography and references (Or see German version.)
  • Short biography (Encycl. Brit.)
  • Very short biography and references (in Finnish) (Or see this (older?) version.)
  • Very short biography (Biography.com)
  • Very short biography (5 Mar 2003: disappeared?)
  • Argelander, Friedrich Wilhelm August: Neue Uranometrie, 1843
  • Index of archival sources in Switzerland (in German, partly in French and Italian)
  • Index of archival sources
  • References
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• Argoli, Andrea (1570-1657)
  • Biographical data and references
• Aristarchus [Aristarchos] of Samos (c.310 BC - 230 BC)
  • Short biography and references (MacTutor Hist. Math.)
  • Short biography and reference (Eric Weisstein's Treasure Trove)
  • Very short biography (Encycl. Brit.)
  • Very short biography and reference (5 Mar 2003: disappeared?)
  • Very short biography (Biography.com)
  • Course paper on Aristarchus by Kristen Riley
  • Links to WWW sources
  • Crater Aristarchus (lunar feature)
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• Aristillus (c. 200 BC)
  • Very short biographical data and references (Eric Weisstein's Treasure Trove)
• Aristotle [Aristoteles] of Stagira (384 BC - 322 BC)
  • Biography and extended bibliography (Encycl. Brit.)
  • Biography and about his philosophy
    From the Catholic Encyclopedia, 1913
  • Short biography and references (MacTutor Hist. Math.)
  • Short biography and references (5 Mar 2003: disappeared?)
  • Short biography and reference (Eric Weisstein's Treasure Trove)
  • Short biography
  • Short biography
  • Short biography
  • Bibliography and WWW links
  • Works online
  • Works online
  • Aristotle's Astronomy by Thomas Fowler
    A student's short course paper
  • Crater Aristoteles (lunar feature)
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• Armstrong, Neil Alden (b. 1930)
  • Short biography (Encycl. Brit.)
  • Short biography
  • Very short biography (Biography.com)
  • Neil Armstrong Air and Space Museum, Wapakoneta, OH, USA (See also here and here.)
  • Centro Astronomico "Neil Armstrong", Salerno, Italy
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• Arnaldus Villanovanus [Arnaldus of Villanueva] (1235/1240-1312/1313)
  • Short biography and references
    From the Catholic Encyclopedia, 1913
• Arnold, James Richard (b. 1923)
  • Register of James Arnold Papers, 1946-1993 at University of California Library, Special Collections (Or see ASCII version. See also here.)
    Including a short biography
• Arnold, John (1736-1799)
  • Very short biographical data and portrait
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• Arp, Halton Christian (b. 1927)
  • Short biography (Encycl. Brit.)
• Arrest, Heinrich Louis d' (1822-1875)
  • Short biography (Encycl. Brit.)
  • Very short biography (H. Frommert, C. Kronberg)
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• Arrhenius, Svante August (1859-1927)
  • Biography (Encycl. Brit.)
  • Biography and reminiscenses
  • Short biography (Eric Weisstein's Treasure Trove)
  • Very short biography (Biography.com)
  • Find more about Arrhenius with Alta Vista
• Artin, Emil (1898-1962)
  • Short biography and references (MacTutor Hist. Math.)
  • Short biography (Encycl. Brit.)
  • Very short biography (Biography.com)
• Aryabhata the Elder (476-550(499?))
  • Short biography and references (MacTutor Hist. Math.)
  • Short biography (Encycl. Brit.)
  • Short biography
  • Very short biography (5 Mar 2003: disappeared?)
  • Crater Aryabhata (lunar feature)
• Arzachel: see al-Zarqali (around 1080)
• As Sarkali: see al-Zarqali (around 1080)
• Asada Goryu (1734-1799)
  • Very short biography (5 Mar 2003: disappeared?)
• Ashmole, Elias (1617-1692)
  • Biographical data and references
  • Very short biography (Biography.com)
  • The Ashmolean Museum of Art and Archaeology, founded by Elias Ashmole
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• Asimov, Isaac (1920-1992)
  • Short biography and references (Encycl. Brit.)
  • Short biography, obituaries and other items
  • Very short biography and references (5 Mar 2003: disappeared?)
  • Very short biography (Biography.com)
  • Very short biography and bibliography
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• Assemani, Simeon (1752-1821)
  • Short biography and references
    From the Catholic Encyclopedia, 1913
• Aston, Francis William (1877-1945)
  Solar system feature named after him. No other relation to astronomy known to us.
  • Short biography (Encycl. Brit.)
  • Very short biography (Biography.com)
• Atwood, George (c.1745-1807)
  • Short biography and references (MacTutor Hist. Math.)
  • Crater Atwood (lunar feature)
• Audiffredi [Audifreddi ?], Giovanni Battista [Giombattista] [orig. Gulio Cesare] (1734-1794)
  • Short biography
    From the Catholic Encyclopedia, 1913
• Augustus, Caesar (63 BC - AD 14)
  • Biography and extended bibliography (Encycl. Brit.)
• Ausonius, Decimus Magnus (c. 310-c. 395)
  • Short biography (Encycl. Brit.)
• Autolycus of Pitane [Autolykos aus Pitane] (c. 360 BC - c. 290 BC)
  • Short biography and references (MacTutor Hist. Math.)
  • Very short biography (5 Mar 2003: disappeared?)
• Auwers, Georg Friedrich Julius Arthur [von] (1838-1915)
• Auzout, Adrien (1622-1691)
  • Biographical data and references
  • Find more about Auzout with Alta Vista
• Avempace [Ibn Badsha; Ibn Badja; ibn Baddscha; Aven-Pace] (c.1095-1138/39)
  • Short biography and references
    From the Catholic Encyclopedia, 1913
  • Short biography (Encycl. Brit.)
• Avennasar: see al-Farabi, Mohammed (c. 870-950)
• Averroes: see Ibn Rushd (1128-1198)
• Avicenna: see Ibn Sina (980-1037)
• Avogadro, Amedeo (1776-1856)
  Solar system feature named after him. No other relation to astronomy known to us.
  • Very short biography (Eric Weisstein's Treasure Trove)
• Axford, William Ian (b. 1933)
  • Dr Ian Axford: New Zealander of the Year, by Wayne Orchiston

Wolfgang R. Dick. Created: 16 Jan 1995. Latest update: 3 May 2004