History of Astronomy : Persons

History of Astronomy: Persons (L)

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• La Condamine, Charles Marie de (1701-1774)
  • Short biography and references (MacTutor Hist. Math.)
• La Hire, Gabriel-Philippe de [Philippe II] (1677-1719)
  • Biographical data and references
• La Hire, Philippe de [Philippe I] (1640-1718)
  • Biographical data and references
  • Short biography and references (MacTutor Hist. Math.)
  • Short biography and references
    From the Catholic Encyclopedia, 1913
• Labeyrie, Antoine (20th c.)
  • Very short biography (Eric Weisstein's Treasure Trove)
• Lacaille, Nicholas [Nicolas] Louis de (1713-1762)
  • Very short biography (Eric Weisstein's Treasure Trove)
  • Very short biography
    With a list of southern constellations he named.
  • Very short biography
  • Very short biography
  • Lacaille's Catalogue of Nebulae of the Southern Sky, by Hartmut Frommert
  • Abbé Lacaille: A passably complete list of the most remarkable nebulosities in the southern part of the sky
  • Lacaille, Nicolas: "Planisphere contenant les Constellations Celestes"
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• Lacondamine: see La Condamine, Charles Marie de (1701-1774)
• Lacroix, Sylvestre Francois (1765-1843)
  • Short biography and references (MacTutor Hist. Math.)
  • Crater Lacroix (lunar feature)
• Laflèche, Louis-François Richer (1818-1898)
  • Short biography and references
    From the Catholic Encyclopedia, 1913
• Lagrange, Joseph-Louis (1736-1813)
  • Biography
  • Short biography and references (MacTutor Hist. Math.)
  • Short biography and references
  • Short biography (Eric Weisstein's Treasure Trove)
  • Short biography
  • Very short biography
• Laisant, Charles Ange (1841-1920)
  • Register of Francisco Ferrer Collection, 1891-1969 at University of California Library, Special Collections (Or see ASCII version.) (See also here.)
    Also included in the collection are correspondence files of Charles Ange Laisant, a French mathematician and the vice-president of the Astronomy Society of France.
• Lalande, Joseph-Jérôme Lefrançais de (1732-1807)
  • Short biography
  • Very short biography
  • Very short biography
  • The Story of Lalande 21185, by Ken Croswell
    Adapted from Sky & Telescope, June 1995
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• Lamb, Horace (1849-1934)
  • Short biography and references (MacTutor Hist. Math.)
  • Crater Lamb (lunar feature)
• Lambert, Johann Heinrich (1728-1777)
  • Short biography and references (MacTutor Hist. Math.)
  • Short biography and references (in German)
  • Short biography (Eric Weisstein's Treasure Trove)
  • Very short biography
• Lamé, Gabriel (1795-1870)
  • Short biography and references (MacTutor Hist. Math.)
  • Crater Lamé (lunar feature)
• Lamont, Johann von (1805-1879)
  • Short biography and references
    From the Catholic Encyclopedia, 1913
  • Very short biography
  • Very short biography
• Lanczos, Cornelius (1893-1974)
  • Biography, by Helmut Rechenberg (in German)
    From Physiker und Astronomen in Frankfurt
• Landau, Lev Davidovich (1908-1968)
  • The Nobel Prize in Physics 1962
    Including a short biography
  • Short biography and references (MacTutor Hist. Math.)
  • Crater Landau (lunar feature)
• Landen, John (1719-1790)
  • Short biography and references (MacTutor Hist. Math.)
• Lane, David J. (fl. 20th c.)
  • Very short biography and links
  • Personal homepage
• Langley, Samuel Pierpont (1834-1906)
  • Obituary, by John A. Brashear
    From Popular Astronomy, Vol. XIV, 1906.
  • Short biography
  • Short biography
  • Short biography
  • Very short biography
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• Langren [Langrenus], Michael Florent van [Michael Florentius] (c.1600-1675)
  • Biographical data and references
• Lansberge, Philip van [Lansbergen, Philips] (1561-1632)
  • Biographical data and references
  • Short biography and references (MacTutor Hist. Math.)
• Laplace, Pierre-Simon (1749-1827)
  • Short biography and references (MacTutor Hist. Math.)
  • Short biography and references
    From the Catholic Encyclopedia, 1913
  • Short biography and references (in German)
  • Short biography (Eric Weisstein's Treasure Trove)
  • Short biography
  • Very short biography
  • Laplace, Oriani, and the "Italian meridian degree", by G. Tagliaferri and P. Tucci
    From Proceedings della 1st Europhysics Conference History of Physics in Europe in the 19th and 20th centuries, Villa Olmo, Como September 2-3, 1992. pp. 93-100.
  • P. S. de Laplace e il grado di meridiano d'Italia, by G. Tagliaferri and P. Tucci (in Italian)
    Giornale di Fisica, 1993, XXXIV(4) : 257-277
• Lardner, Dionysius (1793-1859)
  • Very short biography
• Larmor, Joseph (1857-1942)
  • Short biography and references (MacTutor Hist. Math.)
  • Short biography and references
  • Short biography (Eric Weisstein's Treasure Trove)
• Lassell, William (1799-1880)
  • Biography and articles
  • Very short biography
  • William Lassell and 'the accident of a maid-servant's carelessness', or Why Neptune was not searched for at Starfield, by Richard Baum
    From J. Brit. Astron. Assoc., 106, 4, 1996
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• Lasser, David (b. 1902)
  • Register of the David Lasser Papers, 1931-1994 at University of California Library, Special Collections (See also here.)
    Including a short biography
• Laßwitz [Lasswitz], Kurd [Pseud.: Velatus] (1848-1910)
  • Archival sources (in German)
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• Lauchen, Georg Joachim von: see Rheticus
• Laue, Max Theodor Felix von (1879-1960)
  • Biography, by Friedrich Beck (in German)
    From Physiker und Astronomen in Frankfurt
  • Very short biography (Eric Weisstein's Treasure Trove)
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• Lauritsen, Charles Christian (1892-1968)
  • Very short biography
  • Papers, 1927-1968 at California Institute of Technology
    Including a very short biography.
• Lauritsen, Thomas (1915-1973)
  • Papers, 1945-1973 at California Institute of Technology
    Including a very short biography.
• Lavanha, Joao Baptista (1550-1624)
  • Biographical data and references
  • Short biography and references (MacTutor Hist. Math.)
• Lavoisier, Antoine-Laurent (1743-1794)
  • Short biography and references
    From the Catholic Encyclopedia, 1913
• Le Bel, Joseph Achille (1847-1930)
  • Very short biography
• Le Paige, Constantin Marie (1852-1929)
  • Short biography and references (MacTutor Hist. Math.)
• Le Verrier: see Leverrier
• Leavitt, Henrietta Swan (1868-1921)
  • Short biography and references
  • Short biography and references
  • Short biography
  • Short biography
  • Short biography (Eric Weisstein's Treasure Trove)
  • Short biographical data
  • Very short biography
• Lebesgue, Henri Léon (1875-1941)
  • Short biography and references (MacTutor Hist. Math.)
  • Crater Lebesgue (lunar feature)
• Lee, John (? - ?)
  • Archival sources
• Lee, Tsung-Dao (b. 1926)
  • The Nobel Prize in Physics 1957
    Including a short biography
  • Very short biography
• LeFevre [Le Fèvre; LeFebvre], Jean (1652-1706)
  • Biographical data and references
  • Short biography and references (MacTutor Hist. Math.)
• Legendre, Adrien-Marie (1752-1833)
  • Biography
  • Short biography and references (MacTutor Hist. Math.)
  • Short biography (Eric Weisstein's Treasure Trove)
• Leibniz, Gottfried Wilhelm von (1646-1716)
  • Biographical data and references
  • Biography
  • Biography
    From the Catholic Encyclopedia, 1913
  • Short biography and references (MacTutor Hist. Math.)
  • Short biography and references (in German)
  • Short biography
  • Short biography (Eric Weisstein's Treasure Trove)
  • Short biography
  • Short biography (in German)
  • Biographical data
  • The Leibniz Gopher / Citellus Leibnitianus
  • Online Dictionary of G.W. Leibniz's thought
  • Drôle de pensée, 1675
  • Works online
  • Leibniz-Edition, Berlin-Brandenburgische Akademie der Wissenschaften (in German)
  • Wissenschaftsgemeinschaft Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz (WGL) (in German)
  • Links to WWW sources
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• Lemaître, Georges Edouard, Abbé (1894-1966)
  • Very short biography (Eric Weisstein's Treasure Trove)
  • Very short biography
  • Very short biography
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• Lemay, Damien (20th c.)
  • Very short biography
• Lemonnier, Pierre Charles (1715-1799)
  • Very short biography
  • Very short biography
• Lenehan, Henry Alfred (1843-1908)
  • Short biographical data
• Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519)
  • Biography and references
    From the Catholic Encyclopedia, 1913
  • Short biography and references (MacTutor Hist. Math.)
  • Short biography
  • Biographical data
  • Virtual Museum, including biography
  • Bibliography and varia
  • The Leonardo Museum, Vinci, Italy
  • The Leonardo Library, Vinci, Italy
  • Links to WWW sources
• Leone, Salvatore (1917-1981)
  • Short biography and references (in Italian)
• Leonov, Alexey Arkhipovich (b. 1934)
  • Very short biography
• Leopoldo de' Medici (1617-1675)
  • Short biography
• Lépaute, Nicole-Reine Etable, née de la Briére (1723-1788)
  • Short biography (in German)
  • Short biographical data
• Leucippus of Miletus [Leukippos; Leukipp] (ca. 480 BC - ca. 420 BC)
  • Short biography and references (MacTutor Hist. Math.)
  • Very short biography
  • Crater Leucippus (lunar feature)
• Leuschner, Armin Otto (1868-1953)
  • Short biography, photo, references, and links (Bruce medal.)
• Leverrier [Le Verrier], Urbain-Jean-Joseph [Urbain Jean Joseph] (1811-1877)
  • Short biography and references (MacTutor Hist. Math.)
  • Short biography and references
    From the Catholic Encyclopedia, 1913
  • Very short biography (Eric Weisstein's Treasure Trove)
  • Very short biography
  • Very short biography
• Levi ben Gerson [Gersonides] (1288-1344)
  • Short biography and references (MacTutor Hist. Math.)
  • Very short biography
• Levi-Civita, Tullio (1873-1941)
  • Short biography and references (MacTutor Hist. Math.)
  • Very short biography
• Levy, David H. (b. 1948)
  • Very short biography
  • Personal homepage
• Lewis, David (b. 1919)
  • Very short biography
• Lewis, Sir George Cornewall (1806-1863)
  • Very short biography
• Lexell, Anders Johan (1740-1784)
  • Short biography and references (MacTutor Hist. Math.)
• Ley, Willy (1906-1969)
  • Very short biography and bibliography (Eric Weisstein's Treasure Trove)
  • Very short biography
• Libby, Willard (1908-1980)
  • Very short biography (Eric Weisstein's Treasure Trove)
• Lichtenberg, Georg Christoph (1744-1799)
  • Short biography (in German)
  • Lichtenbergschule-Gymnasium Darmstadt (in German)
  • Georg-Christoph-Lichtenberg-Schule Kassel-Oberzwehren (in German)
  • Georg-Christoph-Lichtenberg-Schule - Gymnasium Leipzig (in German)
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• Lick, James (1796-1876)
  • Short biography
  • Lick Observatory at Santa Cruz and Mt. Hamilton, CA, USA
  • The James Lick Tomb at Lick Observatory
  • San Francisco's Pioneer Monument
    Dedicated to San Francisco by James Lick in 1894. His name is inscribed at the pedestal's circumference.
  • Early History of Lick Wilmerding & Lux
  • History of the Conservatory in Golden Gate Park
    Founded by James Lick
  • A Brief History of Catalina Island
    James Lick mentioned, who owned land there.
  • Lick-Wilmerding High School, San Francisco, CA, USA
    Founded by James Lick in 1885.
  • James Lick High School, San Jose, CA, USA
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• Liesganig, Joseph (1719-1799)
  • Very short biography and reference (Or see German version.)
• Lifshitz, Evgenij Mikhajlovich (1915-1985)
  • Short biography and references (MacTutor Hist. Math.)
• Lightfoot, John B. (1602-1675)
  • Very short biography (Eric Weisstein's Treasure Trove)
• Lilius, Aloisius (1510-1576)
  • Biography and references
    From the Catholic Encyclopedia, 1913
• Lin, Chia Chiao (b. 1916)
  • Very short biography
• Lindbergh, Charles Augustus (1902-1974)
  Solar system feature named after him. No other relation to astronomy known to us.
  • Short biography and references
  • Crater Lindbergh (lunar feature)
• Lindblad, Bertil (1895-1965)
  • Short biography, photo, references, and links (Bruce medal.)
• Lindelöf, Lorenz Leonard (1827-1908)
  • Very short biography and bibliography (Eric Weisstein's Treasure Trove)
• Lindemann, Adolph (1884-1928)
  • Eightieth Anniversary of the Discovery of a Minor Planet Named after a Sidmouth Astronomer, 29 August 1916
    (828) Lindemannia; including a short biography
• Lindenau, Bernhard August von (1779-1854)
  • Short biography (in German)
  • Lindenau-Museum, Altenburg, Germany (in German)
  • Lindenau-Museum (in German)
  • Lindenau-Museum (in German)
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• Lindhagen, Daniel Georg (1819-1906)
  • Very short biographical data and links
    With a short biography in Swedish.
• Lindstedt, Anders (1854-1939)
  • Biographical data, archival sources and references
    With a short biography in Swedish.
• Lineberger, William Carl (b. 1939)
  • Very short biography
• Liouville, Joseph (1809-1882)
  • Biography and references (MacTutor Hist. Math.)
  • Short biography (Eric Weisstein's Treasure Trove)
  • Very short biography
• Lipperhey [Lippershey], Hans [Jan] (1570?-1619)
  • Short biography
  • Very short biography
• Lipschitz, Rudolf Otto Sigismund (1832-903)
  • Short biography and references (MacTutor Hist. Math.)
• Littrow, Joseph Johann (1781-1840)
  • Very short biography and reference (Or see German version.)
• Littrow, Karl Ludwig von (1811-1877)
  • Very short biography and references (Or see German version.)
• Liu Xin (1st c. BC - 1st c. AD)
  • Very short biography
• Ljungberg, Jöns Mattias (1748-1812)
  • Biographical data, archival sources and references
    With a short biography in Swedish.
• Lobachevskij [Lobachevsk[i]y; Lobatschewski], Nikolaj [Nikolai; Nikolay] Ivanovich [Iwanowitsch] (1792-1856)
  • Short biography and references (MacTutor Hist. Math.)
  • Crater Lobachevskiy (lunar feature)
• Locke, John Lambourne (b. 1921)
  • Very short biography
• Lockyer, Joseph Norman, Sir (1836-1920)
  • Short biography and references
  • Short biography and references
  • Short biography
  • Short biography (Eric Weisstein's Treasure Trove)
  • Very short biography
  • Lockyer and Stonehenge
  • University of Exeter Library - Special Collections and Manuscripts
    Including the Sir Norman Lockyer papers
  • Norman Lockyer Observatory (and museum)
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• Lodén, Kerstin and Lars Olof (20th c.)
  • (5937) Lodén
• Logan, James (1674-1751)
  • Biographical data and references
• Lomberg, Jon (b. 1948)
  • Short biography (Or see here.)
• Lohrmann, Wilhelm Gotthelf (1796-840)
  • Very short biography (in German)
• Lomonosov [Lomonossow], Mikhail Vasilyevich [Michail Wassiljewitsch] (1711-1765)
  • Short biography and references (in German)
  • Short biography (Eric Weisstein's Treasure Trove)
  • Very short biography
  • Very short biography
  • M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State University
• Longberg, Kristen Sorensen [Longomontanus; Severin, Christian] (1562-1647)
  • Biographical data and references
  • Very short biographical data and links
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• Loomis, Elias (1811-1889)
  • Very short biography
• Lord, Francis (b. 1916)
  • Short biography
• Lorentz, Hendrik Antoon (1853-1928)
  • Short biography and references (MacTutor Hist. Math.)
  • The Nobel Prize in Physics 1902
    Including a short biography
  • Short biography
  • Short biography (Eric Weisstein's Treasure Trove)
  • Instituut-Lorentz for theoretical physics, Leiden University
• Love, Augustus Edward Hough (1863-1940)
  • Short biography and references (MacTutor Hist. Math.)
  • Crater Love (lunar feature)
• Lovelace, Augusta Ada King, Countess of (1815-1852)
  • Short biography and references (MacTutor Hist. Math.)
  • Very short biography
• Lovell, Alfred Charles Bernard (b. 1913)
  • Short biography and references (Eric Weisstein's Treasure Trove)
  • Short biography
  • Very short biography
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• Lovell, James Arthur (b. 1928)
  • Very short biography
• Lovering, John Francis (b. 1930)
  • Very short biography and archival sources
• Lowell, Abbott Lawrence (1856-1943)
  • Very short biography
• Lowell, Percival (1855-1916)
  • Short biography and references
  • Short biography
  • Very short biography
  • Lowell, by William Sheehan
    A chapter from The Planet Mars: A History of Observation and Discovery
  • Percival Lowell and the planet Mars
  • Percival Lowell and Mars
  • Lowell, Percival: Mars, 1895
  • Percival Lowell's resting place at Lowell Observatory
  • Lowell Observatory, Flagstaff, Arizona, USA
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• Loys de Chéseaux, Philippe (1718-1751)
  • Short biography, references, links (H. Frommert, C. Kronberg)
• Lu, Edward Tsang (b. 1963)
  • Biographical data
• Lubbock, Sir John William (1803-1865)
  • Very short biography
• Lucas, Francois Edouard Anatole (1842-1891)
  • Short biography and references (MacTutor Hist. Math.)
• Lucian (ca.117-ca.180)
  • Very short biography
• Lucretius (1st c. BC)
  • Very short biography
• Lüroth [Lueroth], Jacob (1844-1910)
  • Short biography and references (MacTutor Hist. Math.)
• Lundmark, Knut Emil (1889-1958)
  • Very short biographical data and links
• Luyten, Willem Jacob (1899-1994)
  • Short biography, photo, references, and links (Bruce medal.)
• Luzin, Nikolai Nikolaevich (1883-1950)
  • Short biography and references (MacTutor Hist. Math.)
• Lyapunov [Ljapunow], Aleksandr [Alexandr] Mikhajlovich [Michailowitsch] (1857-1918)
  • Short biography and references (MacTutor Hist. Math.)
  • Crater Lyapunov (lunar feature)
• Lyell, Charles, Sir (1797-1875)
  • Short biography and references
  • Short biography and references (in German)
• Lyman, Theodore (1874-1954)
  • Very short biography (Eric Weisstein's Treasure Trove)
• Lynden-Bell, Donald (b. 1935)
  • Short biography, photo, references, and links (Bruce medal.)
• Lyot, Bernard Ferdinand (1897-1952)
  • Short biography, photo, references, and links (Bruce medal.)
  • Very short biography (Eric Weisstein's Treasure Trove)
  • Very short biography
  • Le Télescope Bernard Lyot
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Wolfgang R. Dick. Created: 16 Jan 1995. Latest update: 12 Feb 2004