History of Astronomy : Persons

History of Astronomy: Persons (R)

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• Radcliffe, John (1650-1714)
  • Very short biography
  • The Radcliffe Observatory, Oxford
• Ragona, Domenico (1820-1892)
  • Short biography and references (in Italian)
• Rajewsky, Boris (1893-1974)
  • Biography, by Erwin Schopper (in German)
    From Physiker und Astronomen in Frankfurt
• Raman, Chandrasekhra Venkata (1888-1970)
  • Biography (24 Aug 1999: disappeared)
• Ramsay, William (1852-1916)
  • Short biography (Eric Weisstein's Treasure Trove)
• Ramsden, Jesse (1735-1800)
  • Short biography and references (MacTutor Hist. Math.)
  • Short biography
• Ramus, Peter (1515-1572)
  • Biographical data and references
• Rankine, William John Macquorn (1820-1872)
  • Short biography and references (MacTutor Hist. Math.)
  • Very short biography (Eric Weisstein's Treasure Trove)
• Raphson, Joseph (1648-1715)
  • Short biography and references (MacTutor Hist. Math.)
• Rasch, Johann (ca.1540-1615)
  • Very short biography (Or see German version.)
• Rayleigh, Lord: see Strutt, John William (1842-1919)
• Razi: see al-Razi, Mohammad Ibn Zakariya (864-930)
• Reael, Lorenzo (1583-1637)
  • Short biography
• Reber, Grote (b. 1911)
  • Short biography, photo, references, and links (Bruce medal.)
  • Short biography (Eric Weisstein's Treasure Trove)
  • Very short biography
• Recorde, Robert (c. 1510 - 1558)
  • Biographical data and references
• Rees, Martin John (b. 1942)
  • Short biography, photo, references, and links (Bruce medal.)
• Reeves, Hubert (b. 1932)
  • Short biography
  • Short biographical data
• Regener, Erich (1881-1955)
  • Very short biography
• Regiomontanus [Müller, Johann or Johannes] (1436-1476)
  • Short biography and references (MacTutor Hist. Math.)
  • Short biography and references
    From the Catholic Encyclopedia, 1913
  • Very short biography and references (Or see German version.)
  • Very short biography (Eric Weisstein's Treasure Trove)
  • Very short biography
  • Very short biography
  • Very short biography
  • Very short biography (infoplease.com)
  • Very short biography
  • A Study of Regiomontanus' Calendario
  • Regiomontanus - Gymnasium Haßfurt, Germany
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• Régis, Jean-Baptiste (1663/4-1738)
  • Short biography and references
    From the Catholic Encyclopedia, 1913
• Regnér, Lars (1746 - 1810)
  • Very short biographical data and links
    With a short biography in Swedish.
• Reiche, Maria (1903-1998)
  • Short biography (in German)
  • Very short biography and article by Maria Reiche (in Spanish)
  • Very short biography (in German)
  • Obituary (in German)
    Basler Zeitung, 10. Juni 1998
  • Funeral service for Maria Reiche (in German and Spanish)
  • Maria Reiche to Rest With the Enigmas She Unraveled
    IPS news report, 11 June 1998
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• Reichenbach, Georg Friedrich von (1772-1826)
  • Short biography
  • Very short biography
• Reichenbach, Karl Ludwig, Freiherr von (1788-1869)
  • Very short biography
• Reinhold, Erasmus (1511-1553)
  • Biographical data and references
  • Short biographies and other materials (in German, partly in English)
  • Erasmus-Reinhold-Gymnasium, Saalfeld, Germany (in German)
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• Reinhold, Erasmus (1538-1592)
  • Short biography (in German)
• Reines, Frederick (1918-1998)
  • The Nobel Prize in Physics 1995
    Including an autobiography.
  • Very short biography
• Respighi, Lorenzo (1824-1889)
  • Short biography
    From the Catholic Encyclopedia, 1913
• Rhaeticus: see Rheticus
• Rheita, Anton Maria Schyrlaeus (1604-1660)
  • Biographical data and references
• Rheticus [Rhaeticus; Lauchen, Georg Joachim von] (1514-1574)
  • Biographical data and references
  • Short biography and references (MacTutor Hist. Math.)
  • Short biography
  • Short biography
  • Very short biography (Eric Weisstein's Treasure Trove)
  • Very short biography
  • Very short biography (infoplease.com)
  • Links to WWW sources (21 June 2001: disappeared)
• Ricci, Matteo (1552-1610)
  • Biography and references
    From the Catholic Encyclopedia, 1913
  • Biographical data and references
  • Short biography and references (MacTutor Hist. Math.)
  • Short biography and references (infoplease.com)
  • Links to WWW sources (21 June 2001: disappeared)
• Riccioli, Giambattista [Giovanni Battista] (1598-1671)
  • Biographical data and references
  • Short biography and references
    From the Catholic Encyclopedia, 1913
  • Very short biography and about his Almagestum Novum
  • Very short biography (Eric Weisstein's Treasure Trove)
• Ricco', Annibale (1844-1919)
  • Short biography and references (in Italian)
• Richard of Wallingford (1291/92-1336(?))
• Richardson, Lewis Fry (1881-1953)
  • Short biography and references (MacTutor Hist. Math.)
• Richer, Jean (1630-1696)
  • Biographical data and references
  • Short biography and references (MacTutor Hist. Math.)
• Ride, Sally Kristen (b. 1951)
  • Short biography
  • Very short biography
  • Very short biography (infoplease.com)
• Riedler, Willibald (b. 1932)
  • Short biography and references (in German)
• Rimmer, William Bolton (1882-1943)
  • Biographical data
• Ritchey, Georg Willis (1864-1945)
  • Short biography
  • Very short biography (Eric Weisstein's Treasure Trove)
  • Very short biography
  • Very short biography (infoplease.com)
• Rittenhouse, Benjamin (1740-1825)
  • The brothers Rittenhouse (Short biography and references), by Francois D. Bud Uzes
• Rittenhouse, David (1732-1796)
  • The brothers Rittenhouse (Short biography and references), by Francois D. Bud Uzes
  • From the Past: David Rittenhouse, by Nancy L. Thomas
  • Short biography
  • Very short biography and reference (infoplease.com)
  • Very short biography and links
  • Family history
  • Portrait
  • David Rittenhouse Laboratory, Philadelphia, PA, USA
  • Rittenhouse Square, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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• Rivinus: see Bachmann, Augustus Quirinus (1652-1723)
• Roberts, Gilbert, Sir (1899-1978)
  • Very short biography
• Roberval, Gilles Personne de (1602-1675)
  • Biographical data and references
  • Short biography and references (MacTutor Hist. Math.)
• Robie, Thomas (1689-1729)
  • Thomas Robie (1689-1729), Colonial Scientist and Physician, by Frederick G. Kilgour
• Robins, Benjamin (1707-1751)
  • Short biography and references (MacTutor Hist. Math.)
• Robinson, Thomas Romney (1792-1882)
  • Biography
• Rocard, Yves-André (1903-1992)
  • Short biography and references (MacTutor Hist. Math.)
  • Very short biography (Eric Weisstein's Treasure Trove)
• Rockwell, Willard Frederick, Jr. (1914-1992)
  • Very short biography
• Rodgers, John (1812-1882)
  • Very short biography
• Rømer [Römer; Roemer], Ole [Olaus; Olaf] Christensen (1644-1710)
  • Biographical data and references
  • Very short biography (Eric Weisstein's Treasure Trove)
  • Very short biography
  • Very short biography (infoplease.com)
  • Rømer and the refraction, by Erling Poulsen
  • Rømer and the Doppler Principle: The velocity of light, by Erling Poulsen
  • The early thermometer in Denmark, by Erling Poulsen
    Developed by Rømer to compensate for temperatur differences in his astronomical instruments.
• Ronchi, Vasco (1897-1988)
  • Short biography and references
• Rondelli, Geminiano (1652-1735)
  • Very short biography and about his Urania custode del tempo
• Röntgen [Roentgen], Wilhelm Conrad (1845-1923)
  • Biography and other material (partly in German)
  • The Nobel Prize in Physics 1901
    Including a short biography
  • Very short biography (Eric Weisstein's Treasure Trove)
  • Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen Gedächtnisstätte, Würzburg (in German)
  • Röntgen-Gedächtnisstätte, Würzburg (in German)
• Rooke, Lawrence (1622-1662)
  • Biographical data and references
• Roomen, Andriaan van (1561-1615)
  • Biographical data and references
• Rordorf, Johann Rudolf (1788-1854)
  • Index of archival sources (in German, partly in French and Italian)
• Roseby, Thomas (1844-1918)
  • Biographical data
• Rosén, Per Gustaf (1838-1914)
  • Very short biographical data and links
    With a short biography in Swedish.
• Rosenberg, Hans (1879-1940)
  • Rosenberg Diagram, by Leos Ondra
    The first HR diagram was published by Hans Rosenberg.
  • Hans Rosenberg und Carl Wirtz - Zwei Kieler Astronomen in der NS-Zeit, von Ch. Theis, S. Deiters, C. Einsel, F. Homann (in German)
    Sterne und Weltraum 38, vol. 2, p. 126 (1999). - Available as Postscript file.
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• Ross, Mrs A.D. (?-?)
  • Short entry
  • Bibliography (in preparation)
• Ross, Alexander David (1883-1966)
  • Short biographical data and archival sources
  • Biographical data and bibliography
• Rosse, Lord: see Parsons, William, 3rd Earl of Rosse (1800-1867)
• Rosseland, Svein (1894-1985)
  • Very short biographical data and links
  • "Nur die Fülle führt zur Klarheit", by Bjørn O. Listog (in Norwegian)
    Forskningspolitikk nr. 3/96
  • En frontfigur i norsk forskning og forskningsorganisasjon, by Øystein Elgarøy (in Norwegian)
    Forskningspolitikk nr. 3/96
  • Svein Rosseland and the Oslo Analyzer, by Per A. Holst
    Abstract. IEEE Annals of the History of Computing, Vol. 18, No. 4, 1996
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• Rossi, Bruno Benedetto (1905-1993)
  • Obituary, by Wolfgang Saxon (Or see here.)
    The New York Times, November 24, 1993
  • Very short biography
  • Very short biography
  • The Bruno Rossi Era in the Laboratory for Nuclear Science, by George W. Clark
  • Bruno Rossi Prize (Or see here.)
  • Bruno B. Rossi X-ray Timing Explorer (RXTE) (See also here or here or here.)
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• Rothmann, Christoph (1550-1599/1608)
  • Biographical data and references
• Rowland, Henry Augustus (1848-1901)
  • Very short biography (Eric Weisstein's Treasure Trove)
  • One Summer in Seal Harbor by Stephen May
    From Johns Hopkins Magazine, June 1995
  • Henry A. Rowland Department of Physics and Astronomy, Johns Hopkins University
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• Rubin, Vera Cooper (b. 1928)
  • Short biography, references and links (Bruce medal.)
  • Very short biography
• Rudolf II (1552-1612)
  • Very short biography and reference (Or see German version.)
• Rue, Warren de la (1815-1889)
  • Very short biography
  • Very short biography (infoplease.com)
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• Rukeyser, Muriel (1913-1980)
  • Very short biography (infoplease.com)
• Rümker [Rumker], Christian Carl Ludwig (1788-1862)
  • Short biographical data and archival sources
  • Biographical data and bibliography
• Rushd: see Ibn Rushd [Averroes] (1128-1198)
• Russell, Henry Chamberlain (1836-1907)
  • Short biographical data and archival sources
  • Biographical data and bibliography
• Russell, Henry Norris (1877-1957)
  • Short biography, photo, references, and links (Bruce medal.)
  • Short biography
  • Short biography
  • Very short biography (Eric Weisstein's Treasure Trove)
  • Very short biography (infoplease.com)
• Rutherford, Ernest (1871-1937)
  • Short biography
  • Rutherford Papers, Cambridge University Library
• Rutherfurd, Lewis Morris (1816-1892)
  • Very short biography (infoplease.com)
• Ruysch, John (c.1460-1533)
  • Short biography and references
    From the Catholic Encyclopedia, 1913
• Rylands, Thomas Glazebrook (1818-1900)
  • Thomas Glazebrook Rylands and the 5" inch Cooke Telescope
• Ryle, Martin, Sir (1918-1984)
  • Short biography, photo, references, and links (Bruce medal.)
  • 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

Wolfgang R. Dick. Created: 16 Jan 1995. Latest update: 12 Nov 2003