History of Astronomy : Persons

History of Astronomy: Persons (G)

Deutsche Fassung

• Gabir ben Aflah: see Jabir ibn Aflah
• Gabor, Dennis (1900-1979)
  • The Nobel Prize in Physics 1971
    Including an autobiography.
  • Very short biographical data and links
• Gagarin, Yuri Alekseyevich (1934-1968)
  • Very short biography
• Gale, Walter Frederick (1865-1945)
  • Short biographical data and archival sources
• Galilei, Galileo (1564-1642)
• Galle, Johann Gottfried (1812-1910)
  • Very short biography
  • Very short biography
  • Very short biography
• Galois, Evariste (1811-1832)
  • Short biography and references (MacTutor Hist. Math.)
  • Crater Galois (lunar feature)
  • Links to WWW sources
• Gamow, George (1904-1968)
  • Short biography and references
  • Very short biography (Eric Weisstein's Treasure Trove)
  • Very short biography
• Ganesa (1507-after 1564)
  • Very short biography
• Gaposchkin, Cecilia Payne: see Payne-Gaposchkin, Cecilia (1900-1979)
• Gascoigne, Sidney Charles (b. 1915)
  • Short biographical data
  • Short biography
• Gascoigne, William (1621-1644)
  • Biographical data and references
• Gassendi [Gassend; Gassendy], Pierre (1592-1655)
  • Biographical data and references
  • Short biography and references (MacTutor Hist. Math.)
  • Short biography
    From the Catholic Encyclopedia, 1913
  • Very short biography (Eric Weisstein's Treasure Trove)
• Gathmann, Louis (1843-1917)
  • Biography
• Gaubil, Antoine (1689-1759)
  • Short biography and references
    From the Catholic Encyclopedia, 1913
• Gauß [Gauss], Carl Friedrich (1777-1855)
  • Biography and references (MacTutor Hist. Math.)
  • Short biography and references (in German)
  • Short biography and reference
  • Short biography (Eric Weisstein's Treasure Trove)
  • Short biography
  • Short biography
  • Short biography (in German and English)
  • Zum 140. Todestag von J.C.F. Gauß (in German)
  • Very short biography and terms with "Gauss" in their names
  • Very short biography
  • Very short biography
  • Carl-Friedrich-Gauß-Gymnasium Chemnitz
  • Carl-Friedrich-Gauß-Gymnasium Frankfurt (Oder)
    Including a short biography in German
  • Carl-Friedrich-Gauß-Gymnasium Hockenheim (in German)
  • Gauß-Gymnasium Worms (in German)
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• Gay-Lussac, Joseph-Louis (1778-1850)
  • Short biography and references (in German)
• Geber: see Jabir ibn Aflah
• Geiger, Hans (1882-1945)
  • Very short biography (Eric Weisstein's Treasure Trove)
• Gellibrand, Henry (1597-1636)
  • Biographical data and references
  • Short biography and references (MacTutor Hist. Math.)
  • Short biography and references (in German)
• Geminus (c. 130 BC - c. 70 BC)
  • Short biography and references (MacTutor Hist. Math.)
• Gemma Frisius, Reiner [Regner, Regnier] (1508-1555)
  • Biographical data and references
  • Short biography and references (MacTutor Hist. Math.)
  • 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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• Gentner, Wolfgang (1906-1980)
  • Biography, by Ulrich Schmidt-Rohr (in German)
    From Physiker und Astronomen in Frankfurt
• Georg von Peuerbach: see Peurbach, Georg von (1423-1461)
• George II, King of England (1683-1760)
  • Short biographical data
• George of Trebizond [Georg von Trapezunt] (c.1395-c.1486)
  • Short biography
    From the Catholic Encyclopedia, 1913
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• Gerard of Cremona [Germ. Gerhard von Cremona] (c.1114-1187)
  • Short biography and reference (MacTutor Hist. Math.)
  • Short biography (Eric Weisstein's Treasure Trove)
  • Short biography
    From the Catholic Encyclopedia, 1913
• Gerbert of Aurillac (c. 946-1003)
  • Short biography (Eric Weisstein's Treasure Trove)
• Gerbillon, Jean-François (1654-1707)
  Missionary, determined the latitude and longitude of places in Tatary.
  • Short biography and references
    From the Catholic Encyclopedia, 1913
• Germain, Sophie (1776-1831)
  • Short biography and references
  • Short biography and references (MacTutor Hist. Math.)
  • Short biography and reference
  • Short biography
  • Short biography (in German)
  • Very short biography (Eric Weisstein's Treasure Trove)
  • Short biographical data (and relation to astronomy)
  • Links to WWW sources
• Gersonides: see Levi ben Gerson (1288-1344)
• Getaldic [Ghetaldi], Marin [Marino] (1568-1626)
  • Biographical data and references
  • Biography
  • Short biography and references (MacTutor Hist. Math.)
• Ghazali: see al-Ghazali, Abu Hamid (1058-1128)
• Giacconi, Riccardo (b. 1931)
  • Short biography, photo, references, and links (Bruce medal.)
  • Very short biography
• Gibbs, Josiah Willard (1839-1903)
  • Short biography and references (MacTutor Hist. Math.)
  • Short biography
  • Very short biography
  • Gibbs Family Papers, William L. Clements Library, The University of Michigan, USA
  • Bas-relief in memory of Gibbs, New Haven, CT, USA
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• Gilbert [Gilberd], William (1544-1603)
  • Biographical data and references
  • Short biography and references (in German)
  • Short biography
  • Very short biography (Eric Weisstein's Treasure Trove)
• Gill, David (1843-1914)
  • Short biography, photo, references, and links (Bruce medal.)
  • Short biography
  • Very short biography
• Gilruth, Robert Rowe (b. 1913)
  • Very short biography
• Giovanelli, Ronald Gordon (1915-1984)
  • Biography
  • Short biographical data and bibliography
  • Very short biography and archival sources
• Glaisher, James Whitbread Lee (1848-1928)
  • Short biography and references (MacTutor Hist. Math.)
• Glazenap [Glasenapp], Sergej Pavlovich [von] (1848-1937)
  • Very short biography (Eric Weisstein's Treasure Trove)
• Gleißberg, Wolfgang (1903-1986)
  • Biography, by Wilhelm H. Kegel (in German)
    From Physiker und Astronomen in Frankfurt
• Glenn, John Herschel, Jr. (b. 1921)
  • Very short biography
• Goddard, Robert Hutchings (1882-1945)
  • Biography
  • Biography
  • Short biography
  • Short biography (Eric Weisstein's Treasure Trove)
  • Very short biography
  • Very short biography
  • History of Goddard Space Flight Center
    Including a short biography
• Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von (1749-1832)
  • Short biography and references (in German)
  • Short biography (Eric Weisstein's Treasure Trove)
• Gold, Thomas (b. 1920)
  • Very short biography (Eric Weisstein's Treasure Trove)
  • Very short biography
• Goldberg, Leo (1918-1987)
  • Very short biography
• Goldmark, Peter Carl (1906-1977)
  • Short biography and reference
  • Very short biography
• Goldstein, Eugen (1850-1930)
  • Very short biography (Eric Weisstein's Treasure Trove)
  • Very short biography
• Gompertz, Benjamin (1779-1865)
  • Short biography and references (MacTutor Hist. Math.)
• Goodricke, John (1764-1786)
  • Short biography and references (Or see German version.)
  • Short biography and reference
  • Goodricke College, University of York, UK
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• Gothus, Laurentius Paulinus (1565-1646)
  • Short biography
• Gottlieb, Kurt (1910-1995)
  • Short biography and references
  • Short biography
• Gould, Benjamin Apthorp (1824-1896)
  • Very short biography
  • Very short biography
  • Very short biography
  • Benjamin Apthorp Gould founded the Astronomical Journal
  • Benjamin Apthorp Gould Prize
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• Graff, Kasimir Romuald (1878-1950)
  • Very short biography and reference (Or see German version.)
• Graham, George (c. 1674-1751)
  • Biographical data and references
  • Short biography (in German)
  • Very short biography
• Grandami, Jaques (1588-1672)
  • Noua demonstratio immobilitatis ..., 1645
• Grandi, Luigi Guido (1671-1742)
  • Biographical data and references
  • Short biography and references (MacTutor Hist. Math.)
• Grant, Kerr (1878-1967)
  • Short biographical data and archival sources
  • Biographical data and bibliography
• Grassi, Orazio (1583-1654)
  • Short biography
• Gray, Stephen (1666-1736)
  • Biographical data and references
  • Very short biography
• Green, George (1793-1841)
  • Short biography and references (MacTutor Hist. Math.)
• Greenstein, Jesse Leonard (b. 1909)
  • Short biography, photo, references, and links (Bruce medal.)
  • Very short biography (Eric Weisstein's Treasure Trove)
  • Very short biography
  • Portraits
• Gregory XIII, Pope [Germ. Papst Gregor XIII.; orig. Ugo Buoncompagni] (1502-1585)
  • Biography and references
    From the Catholic Encyclopedia, 1913
• Gregory of Tours [orig. Georgius Florentius; Germ. Gregor von Tours] (538/9-593/4)
  • Short biography
    From the Catholic Encyclopedia, 1913
  • Very short biography
• Gregory [Gregorie], David (1659-1708)
  • Biographical data and references
  • Short biography and references (MacTutor Hist. Math.)
• Gregory [Gregorie], James (1638-1675)
  • Biographical data and references
  • Short biography and references (MacTutor Hist. Math.)
  • Very short biography (Eric Weisstein's Treasure Trove)
  • Very short biography
  • Very short biography
• Grieve, Richard A.F. (20th c.)
  • Very short biography
• Grimaldi, Francesco Maria (1618-1663)
  • Biographical data and references
  • Short biography and references
    From the Catholic Encyclopedia, 1913
  • Very short biography (Eric Weisstein's Treasure Trove)
• Grimble, Arthur Francis (1888-1956)
  • Biography
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• Grindel, Carlo (c.1780-1854)
  • Very short biography
• Grisogono, Federico [Federicus De Chrysogonius] (1472/73-1538)
  • Biographical data and references
• Grosseteste, Robert (c. 1168-1253)
  • Short biography and references (MacTutor Hist. Math.)
  • Short biography and references
  • Short biography (Eric Weisstein's Treasure Trove)
• Grueber, Johannes (1623-1680)
  • Very short biography and reference (Or see German version.)
• Gruithuisen, Franz von Paula (1774-1852)
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• Grunsfeld, John M. (b. 1958)
  • Biographical data
• Guarini, Guarino (1642-1683)
  • Very short biography
• Guericke [Gericke], Otto von (1602-1686)
  • Biographical data and references
  • Short biography and references (in German)
  • Short biography (in German)
  • Very short biography (Eric Weisstein's Treasure Trove)
  • Very short biography
  • Gymnasium "Otto von Guericke" Magdeburg (in German)
• Guglielmini, Giovanni Battista (1763-1817)
  • Short biography and references
    From the Catholic Encyclopedia, 1913
• Guidoni, Umberto (b. 1954)
  • Biographical data
• Guillaume d'Auvergne: see William of Auvergne (c. 1180-1249)
• Guldin, Paul (1577-1643)
  • Biographical data and references (Cat. Scient. Comm.)
  • Short biography, references and links (MacTutor Hist. Math.)
  • Short biography and references (Jesuit Scientists)
  • Find more about Guldin with Google
• Gunter, Edmund (1581-1626)
  • Biographical data and references (Cat. Scient. Comm.)
  • Short biography and references (MacTutor Hist. Math.)
  • Very short biography
  • Very short biography
• Guthnick, Paul (1879-1947)
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• Gyldén, Johan August Hugo (1841-1896)
  • Very short biographical data and links
    With a short biography in Swedish.

Wolfgang R. Dick. Created: 16 Jan 1995. Latest update: 29 Aug 2002