History of Astronomy : Persons

History of Astronomy: Persons (H)

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• Habash al-Hasib (?-c.870)
  • Very short biography
• Hadley, John (1682-1744)
  • Short biography and references (MacTutor Hist. Math.)
  • Very short biography
  • Very short biography
• Hagen, Johann Georg (1847-1930)
  • Very short biography and references (Or see German version.)
  • Very short biography
  • Very short biography
• Haiyan: see Ibn Haiyan, Jabir (?-803)
• Hakluyt, Richard (1552(?)-1616)
  • Biographical data and references
• Hale, George Ellery (1868-1938)
• Hall, Asaph (1829-1907)
  • Very short biography (Eric Weisstein's Treasure Trove)
  • Very short biography
• Haller von Hallerstein, Augustin (1703-1774)
  • Very short biography (Or see German version.)
• Halley, Edmond (1656-1742)
• Halma, Nicholas (1755-1828)
  • Short biography
    From the Catholic Encyclopedia, 1913
• Hamilton, Laurentine (1826-1882)
  • Short biography
  • Monument to the Reverend Laurentine Hamilton at Lick Observatory (See also here.)
• Hamilton, William Rowan (1805-1865)
  • Short biography and references (MacTutor Hist. Math.)
  • Short biography (Eric Weisstein's Treasure Trove)
  • Obituary and other material
  • Short biography and reference
  • Very short biography
• Hansen, Peter Andreas (1795-1874)
  • Very short biographical data and links
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• Hansteen, Christopher (1784-1873)
  • Short biography and references (in German)
• Hargrave, Lawrence (1850-1915)
  • Very short biography
  • Short biographical data and archival sources
  • The Hargrave Files from the archives of the Australian Kite Association
• Harper, William Edmund (1878-1940)
  • Very short biography
• Harper, William Rainey (1856-1906)
  • Biography and references, by Florence M. Kelleher
• Harriot, Thomas (c.1560-1621)
  • Biographical data and references
  • Short biography and Harriot's Moon Drawings
  • Short biography and references (MacTutor Hist. Math.)
  • Very short biography and references
  • Very short biography
  • Thomas Harriot's Moon Drawings
  • Portrait, bibliography and links
  • Links to WWW sources
• Harrington, Roy (b. 1934)
  • Very short biography (Eric Weisstein's Treasure Trove)
• Harris, Bertrand John (1925-1975)
  • Short biographical data and archival sources
• Harrison, John (1693-1776)
  • Very short biography
• Hartmann, Georg (1489-1564)
  • Short biography and references
    From the Catholic Encyclopedia, 1913
  • Short biography and references (in German)
• Hartmann, Johannes (1568-1631)
  • Biographical data and references
• Hartmann, Johannes Franz (1865-1936)
  • Short biography and reference
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• Hartner, Willy (1905-1981)
  • Biography, by Matthias Schramm (in German)
    From Physiker und Astronomen in Frankfurt
• 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)
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• Hasselberg, Klas Bernhard (1848-1922)
  • Very short biographical data and links
    With a short biography in Swedish.
• Hausdorff, Felix (1869-1942)
  • Short biography and references (MacTutor Hist. Math.)
  • Very short biography (Eric Weisstein's Treasure Trove)
• Hawking, Stephen William (b. 1942)
  • Home page
  • Biography and references
  • Short biography and references (MacTutor Hist. Math.)
  • Short biography
  • Very short biography
  • Very short biography
  • Bibliography
• Hawley, Steven A. (b. 1951)
  • Biographical data
• Hayford, John Fillmore (1868-1925)
  • Short biography
  • Very short biography
• Hazard, Cyril (fl. 20th c.)
  • Very short biography and reference (Eric Weisstein's Treasure Trove)
• Heaviside, Oliver (1850-1925)
  • Short biography and references (MacTutor Hist. Math.)
• Hecataeus of Miletus [Hecateo; Hecateus; Hekataios] (c. 550 BC - c. 480 BC)
• Heckmann, Otto Hermann Leopold (1901-1983)
  • Short biography, photo, references, and links (Bruce medal.)
• Hegel, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich (1770-1831)
  • Short biography and references
  • Short biography
  • Short biography
• Heinrich der Seefahrer: see Henry the Navigator (1394-1460)
• Heinrich von Langenstein [Heinrich de Langenstein; Engl. Henry of Langenstein] (c.1325-1397)
  • Short biography and references
    From the Catholic Encyclopedia, 1913
• Heis, Eduard (1806-1877)
  • Short biography and references
    From the Catholic Encyclopedia, 1913
• Heisenberg, Werner Karl (1901-1976)
  • Short biography and references (MacTutor Hist. Math.)
  • The Nobel Prize in Physics 1932
    Including a short biography
  • Short biography
• Hekataios: see Hecataeus of Miletus (c. 550 BC - c. 480 BC)
• Hell [Höll], Maximilian [Miksa] (1720-1792)
  • Short biography and references
  • Short biography and references
    From the Catholic Encyclopedia, 1913
  • Short biography
  • Very short biography and references (Or see German version.)
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• Hellant, Anders (1717-1789)
  • Very short biographical data and links
    With a short biography in Swedish.
• Helmert, Friedrich Robert (1841-1917)
  • Short biography and reference (in German)
• Helmholtz, Hermann Ludwig Ferdinand von (1821-1894)
  • Short biography and references (MacTutor Hist. Math.)
  • Short biography (Eric Weisstein's Treasure Trove)
  • Short biography and Helmholtz monument in Berlin (in German)
  • Very short biography
• Helmont, Johannes Baptista Van (1579-1644)
  • Biographical data and references
• Henderson, Thomas (1798-1844)
  • Short biography
• Hengler, Lorenz [Engl. also Lawrence] (1806-1858)
  • Short biography and references
    From the Catholic Encyclopedia, 1913
• Henry of Langenstein: see Heinrich von Langenstein (c.1325-1397)
• Henry the Navigator [Germ. Heinrich der Seefahrer] (1394-1460)
  • Biography and references
  • Short biography and references (in German)
  • Short biography
  • Very short biography
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• Henry, Joseph (1797-1878)
  • Biography and references
  • Short biography and reference
  • Short biography and references (in German)
  • Very short biography
  • Very short biography
  • The Joseph Henry Papers Project
• Hepperger, Josef von, zu Tirschtenberg und Hoffensthal (1855-1928)
  • Very short biography and references (Or see German version.)
• Heraclides of Heraclea Pontus (c. 388 BC - 315 BC)
  • Very short biography (Eric Weisstein's Treasure Trove)
• Heracleitus [Heraclitus] of Ephesus (c. 540 BC - c. 475 BC)
  • Very short biography and references
  • Very short biography (Eric Weisstein's Treasure Trove)
• Herbig, George Howard (b. 1920)
  • Short biography, photo, references, and links (Bruce medal.)
• Herigone, Pierre (? - c. 1643)
  • Biographical data and references
  • Short biography and references (MacTutor Hist. Math.)
• Hermann von Kärnten [Hermann der Slawe; Engl. Hermann of Carinthia; Hermann the Slav] (fl. first half 12th c.)
  • Very short biography and references (Or see German version.)
• Hermann von [of] Reichenau [Engl. Hermann the Lame; Hermann Contractus; Herimanus Augiensis] (1013-1054)
  • Short biography and references (MacTutor Hist. Math.)
  • Short biography
    From the Catholic Encyclopedia, 1913
• Hermann, Jakob (1678-1733)
  • Biographical data and references
  • Very short biography and references (MacTutor Hist. Math.)
• Hermite, Charles (1822-1901)
  • Short biography and references (MacTutor Hist. Math.)
  • Short biography and references
    From the Catholic Encyclopedia, 1913
  • Crater Hermite (lunar feature)
• Heron of Alexandria (c.65-c.125)
  • Short biography and references (MacTutor Hist. Math.)
• Herr, Josef Philipp (1819-1884)
  • Very short biography (Or see German version.)
• Herrick, Edward Claudius (1811-1862)
  • The Discovery of the Perseid Meteors, by Mark Littmann
    Adapted from Sky & Telescope, August 1996
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• Herrick, Samuel (1911-1974)
  • Short biography and archival sources
• Herschel, Caroline [Karoline] Lucretia (1750-1848)
  • Short biography and references (MacTutor Hist. Math.)
  • Short biography and reference
  • Short biography
  • Short biography (in German)
  • Very short biography and reference
  • Very short biography
  • Short biographical data
  • Letter from Caroline Herschel (1750-1848)
    A poem by Siv Cedering - see introduction to Women of Science.
  • Caroline Herschel: 1750-1848
    BBC play (available on audiotape)
  • Caroline Herschel's Deep Sky Objects
• Herschel, John Frederick William (1792-1871)
  • Short biography and references (MacTutor Hist. Math.)
  • Short biography and references
  • Short biography
  • Very short biography (Eric Weisstein's Treasure Trove)
  • Very short biography
  • Very short biography (in German)
  • The Royal Photographic Society, Bath, UK
    Exhibition galleries and a display of equipment and prints tracing the development of photography, including the contribution of John Herschel.
• Herschel, William [Friedrich Wilhelm; Frederick William] (1738-1822)
  • Short biography and reference
  • Short biography and references
  • Short biography (Eric Weisstein's Treasure Trove)
  • Short biography
  • Der Musiker des Himmels : Wilhelm Herschel, der "Vater der modernen Astronomie", von Christian Pinter
  • Very short biography
  • Very short biography
  • Very short biography
  • Very short biography
  • Very short biography
  • Very short biography (in German)
  • William Herschel's catalog of Deep Sky objects, by Hartmut Frommert
  • Herschel, William: An Account of Three Volcanos in the Moon, 1787
  • Herschel Museum, Bath, UK (See also here and here.)
  • Il Gruppo Astrofili William Herschel (in Italian)
  • William Herschel Telescope
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• Hertzsprung, Ejnar (1873-1967)
  • Short biography, photo, references, and links (Bruce medal.)
  • Short biography
  • Very short biography (Eric Weisstein's Treasure Trove)
  • Very short biography
  • Very 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)
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• Herz, Norbert (1858-1927)
  • Very short biography and reference (Or see German version.)
  • Herz and the Kuffner Observatory
  • Herz und die Kuffner-Sternwarte (in German)
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• Herzberg, Gerhard (1904-1999)
  • Short biography (Or see here.)
  • Short biography
  • Short biography
  • Short biography
    Oral History Abstract from the Chemical Heritage Foundation
  • The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1971
    Including a short biography
  • Very short biography
  • Very short biography
  • Obituary
  • Herzberg Institute of Astrophysics (See also here.)
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• Herzenberg, Caroline Stuart Littlejohn (b. 1932)
  • Short biography and bibliography
• Hesiod (c. 700 BC)
  • Very short biography (Eric Weisstein's Treasure Trove)
• Hess, Harry Hammond (1906-1969)
  • Very short biography
• Hess, Victor Franz (1883-1964)
  • The Nobel Prize in Physics 1936
    Including a short biography.
  • Short biography and reference (in German)
  • Very short biography (Eric Weisstein's Treasure Trove)
  • Very short biographical data and links
  • Very short biography
  • Very short biography
  • Very short biography
• Hevelius [Hevel; Hewel; Hewelcke], Johannes [Jan] (1611-1687)
  • Biographical data and references
  • Very short biography (Eric Weisstein's Treasure Trove)
  • Very short biography
  • Very short biography and about his Firmamentum Sobiescianum
  • Very short biography
  • Very short biography
  • URANOGRAPHIA, 1690
  • Hevelius' 16 "Nebulosae"
• Hewish, Anthony (b. 1924)
  • The Nobel Prize in Physics 1974
    Including an autobiography.
  • Very short biography (Eric Weisstein's Treasure Trove)
  • Very short biography
  • Very short biographical data and links
• Higgs, Arthur John (b. 1904)
  • Short biographical data
  • Biographical data and bibliography
  • Short biography
• Hilbert, David (1862-1943)
  • Biography and references (MacTutor Hist. Math.)
  • Very short biography (Eric Weisstein's Treasure Trove)
  • Links to WWW sources
• Hildebrand, Alan R. (20th c.)
  • Very short biography
• Hildegard of [von] Bingen (1098-1179)
  • Biography
  • Short biography (in German)
  • Short biographical data
• Hill, George William (1838-1914)
  • Short biography, photo, references, and links (Bruce medal.)
  • Short biography and references (MacTutor Hist. Math.)
  • Very short biography (Eric Weisstein's Treasure Trove)
  • Very short biography
• Hillebrand, Karl (1861-1939)
  • Very short biography and reference (Or see German version.)
• Hipparchus [Hipparchos; Hipparch] of Rhodes [of Nicaea; von Nikäa] (c. 190 BC - c. 120 BC)
  • Short biography and references (MacTutor Hist. Math.)
  • Short biography (in German)
  • Very short biography (Eric Weisstein's Treasure Trove)
  • Very short biography
  • Very short biography
  • Hipparcos Space Astrometry Mission
• Hippasus of Metapontum [Hippasos von Metapont] (fl. c. 500 BC)
  • Very short biography (Eric Weisstein's Treasure Trove)
• Hjorter, Olof Petrus (1696-1750)
  • Very short biographical data and links
• Hodierna: see Odierna, Gioanbatista [Giovan/Giovanni Battista] (1597-1660)
• Hoffman, Jeffrey A. (b. 1944)
  • Biographical data
• Hoffman, Samuel Kurtz (b. 1902)
  • Very short biography
• Högbom, Jan (fl. 20th c.)
  • Very short biography (Eric Weisstein's Treasure Trove)
• Hogg, Arthur Robert (1903-1966)
  • Biography
  • Biographical data and bibliography
  • Short biography and archival sources
  • Short biography
• Hogg, Frank Scott (1904-1951)
  • Very short biography
• Hogg [Sawyer Hogg, Hogg-Priestley, Sawyer-Hogg-Priestley], Helen Battles (1905-1993)
  • Obituaries and other items
  • Short biography
  • Short biography
  • Very short biography
  • Helen Sawyer Hogg Observatory at the National Museum of Science and Technology, Ottawa, Canada
    Including a short biography.
• Hohmann, Walter (1880-1945)
  • Biography (in German)
  • Short biography (in German)
  • Erfatal-Museum Hardheim (in German)
    • Walter Hohmann und die Raumfahrt
  • Walter-Hohmann-Sternwarte Essen e.V. (in German)
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• Holetschek, Johann (1846-1923)
  • Very short biography and references (Or see German version.)
• Holden, Edward Singleton (1846-1914)
  • Very short biography
• Holmberg, Erik [Eric] Bertil (b. 1908)
  • Very short biography and references (Eric Weisstein's Treasure Trove)
  • (3573) Holmberg
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• Holmboe, Bernt Michael (1795-1850)
  • Short biography and references (MacTutor Hist. Math.)
• Homer (c. 750 BC)
  • Very short biography (Eric Weisstein's Treasure Trove)
• Hooke, Robert (1635-1703)
  • Biographical data and references
  • Seeing Further, The Legacy of Robert Hooke, by Kathy A. Miles
  • Short biography and references (MacTutor Hist. Math.)
  • Short biography and references (23 Oct 2000: disappeared)
  • Short biography and references (in German)
  • Short biography and links
  • Very short biography and references
  • Very short biography (Eric Weisstein's Treasure Trove)
  • Very short biography
  • Bibliography
  • Memorial plaque for Robert Boyle and Robert Hooke, Oxford, UK
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• Hopfner, Friedrich (1881-1949)
  • Very short biography and references (Or see German version.)
• Horn D'Arturo, Guido (1880-1967)
  • Very short biography
  • Find more about Horn with Alta Vista
• Horner, Johann Kaspar (1774-1834)
  • Index of archival sources (in German, partly in French and Italian)
• Horrebow [Horrebov], Peder Nielsen (1679-1764)
  • Biographical data and references
  • Very short biographical data and links
    With a short biography in Swedish.
• Horrocks, Jeremiah (1619[1618?]-1641)
  • Biographical data and references
  • Very short biography (Eric Weisstein's Treasure Trove)
  • Very short biography
  • Very short biography
  • Horrocks and the Dawn of British Astronomy, by Nicholas Kollerstrom
• Hortensius, Martinus [Ortensius or Van den Hove, Maarten] (1605-1639)
  • Biographical data and references
• Hoüel, Guillaume Jules (1823-1886)
  • Short biography and references (MacTutor Hist. Math.)
• Hough, George Washington (1836-1909)
  • Very short biography
• Houston, Walter Scott (1912-1993)
  • Walter Scott Houston Memorial Sundial at Wesleyan University
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• Houzeau de Lehaie, Jean-Charles-Hippolyte-Joseph (1820-1888)
  • Very short biography (Eric Weisstein's Treasure Trove)
• Hoyle, Fred(erick) (b. 1915)
  • Short biography, photo, references, and links (Bruce medal.)
  • Very short biography (Eric Weisstein's Treasure Trove)
  • Very short biography
• Huber [Huber-Rohner], Johann Jakob (1733-1798)
  • Index of archival sources (in German, partly in French and Italian)
• Huber, Martin (b. 1936)
  • Index of archival sources (in German, partly in French and Italian) Verzeichnis von Archivalien
• Hubble, Edwin Powell (1889-1953)
  • Biography, by Allan Sandage
    From JRASC Vol. 83, No.6, Dec. 1989
  • Short biography, photo, references, and links (Bruce medal.)
  • Short biography and references (MacTutor Hist. Math.)
  • Short biography
  • Short biography (Eric Weisstein's Treasure Trove)
  • Short biography
  • Short biography
  • Short biography
  • Short biography
  • Portraits
  • Hubble at the 100-inch Hooker Telescope at Mount Wilson
  • Hubble Constant
  • Hubble Space Telescope (HST)
• Hudde, Johann [Jan] van Waveren (1628-1704)
  • Biographical data and references
  • Short biography and references (MacTutor Hist. Math.)
• Huggins, Margaret Lindsay Murray (1848-1915)
  • Short biography
• Huggins, William (1824-1910)
  • Short biography, photo, references, and links (Bruce medal.)
  • Very short biography (Eric Weisstein's Treasure Trove)
  • Very short biography
  • Very short biography
• Hulse, Russell A. (b. 1950)
  • The Nobel Prize in Physics 1993
    Including an autobiography.
  • Very short biography
  • Very short biographical data and links
• Hulst, Hendrik van de (b. 1918)
  • Very short biography, bibliography and references (Eric Weisstein's Treasure Trove)
  • Very short biography
• Humason, Milton La Salle (1891-1972)
  • Very short biography (Eric Weisstein's Treasure Trove)
• Humbert, Pierre Marie (1891-1953)
  • Very short biography and references (MacTutor Hist. Math.)
• Humboldt, Alexander von (1769-1859)
  • Short biography and references
  • Short biography
  • Short biography and references (in German)
  • Short biography and references (in German)
  • Very short biography (Eric Weisstein's Treasure Trove)
  • Very short biography
  • Alexander-von-Humboldt-Forschungsstelle, Berlin-Brandenburgische Akademie der Wissenschaften (in German)
  • Alexander-von-Humboldt-Gymnasium Berlin (in German)
• Humboldt, Wilhelm von (1767-1835)
  • Short biography (in German)
• Hutton, Charles (1737-1823)
  • Short biography and references (MacTutor Hist. Math.)
• Hutton, James (1726-1797)
  • Short biography and references (in German)
• Huxley, Leonard George Golden (1902-1988)
  • Biography and references
  • Very short biography and archival sources
  • Short biographical data and bibliography
• Huygens, Christiaan (1629-1695)
• Hypatia of Alexandria (370-415)
  • Biographies, extended bibliography and links to WWW sources
  • Biographies
  • Short biography and references (MacTutor Hist. Math.)
  • Short biography and references
  • Short biography
  • Short biography (in German)
  • Very short biography
  • Short biographical data
  • Links to WWW sources
• Hypsicles of Alexandria [Hypsikles von Alexandria] (c. 190 BC - c. 120 BC)
  • Short biography and references (MacTutor Hist. Math.)

Wolfgang R. Dick. Created: 16 Jan 1995. Latest update: 19 Aug 2004