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1677-1750, mathematician; astronomer; cartographer, German

Doppelmayr, Johan Gabriel

1677 - 1750
1809-1903, astronomer; meteorologist, British

Glaisher, James

1809 - 1903
1829-1904, geologist; astronomer, British; Welsh

Roberts, Isaac

1829 - 1904
1821-1885, astronomer; astrophysicist; optical instrument maker, Polish

Prazmowski, Adam Jozef Ignacy

1821 - 1885
1750-1848, astronomer, German

Herschel, Caroline Lucretia

1750 - 1848
1899-1991, scientist, plant biochemist and inventor, Leamington Spa

Hill, Robert

1899 - 1991
1758-1840, physician; astronomer, German

Olbers, Heinrich Wilhelm Matthias

1758 - 1840
1792-1871, mathematician and astronomer, English; British

Herschel, Sir John Frederick William

1792 - 1871
1838-1914, astronomer; mathematician, American

Hill, George William

1838 - 1914
1629-1693, mathematician; astronomer; physicist, Dutch

Huygens, Christiaan

1629 - 1695
1882-1968, astronomer; physicist, American

Babcock, Harold Delos

1882 - 1968
1853-1924, astronomer, German-born; American

Schaeberle, John Martin

1853 - 1924
1882-1967, astronomer, American

Duncan, John C.

1882 - 1967
1786-1863, optician; astronomer; microscopist, Italian

Amici, Giovanni Battista

1786 - 1863
1815-1889, active 1836-1889, chemist; astronomer, British; English

Rue, Warren de la

1815 - 1889
1834-1882, astronomer; astrophysicist, German

Zollner, Johann Karl Friedrich

1834 - 1882
1868-1938, astronomer, American

Hale, George Ellery

1868 - 1938
1869-1940, astronomer, American

Ellerman, F

1869 - 1940
1874-1949, astronomer, British

Reynolds, J H

1874 - 1949
1564-1642, astronomer; mathematician, Italian

Galilei, Galileo

1564 - 1642
1851-1908, astronomer, Belgian

Stuyvaert, Charles Emile

1851 - 1908
1887-1958, astronomer, British

Jackson, J.

1887 - 1958
1605-1691, astronomer, French

Bouilleau, Ismael

1605 - 1691
1804-1881, meteorologist; astronomer, British; English

Birt, William Radcliff

1804 - 1881
1897-1952, astronomer, French

Lyot, Bernard Ferdinard

1897 - 1952
1870-1944, astronomer, Turkish-French

Antoniadi, Eugene Marie

1870 - 1944
1901-1986, amateur astonomer, British; English

Dall, Horace Edward

1901 - 1986
1840-1913, astronomer, Irish

Ball, Sir Robert Stawell

1840 - 1913
1830-1899, professor of mathematics and engineering; astronomer, British

Moore, Benjamin Theophilus

1830 - 1899
1893-1980, astronomer, Canadian; British

Plaskett, Harry Hemley

1893 - 1980
1793-1864, astronomer, German-born; active Russia

Struve, Friedrich Georg Wilhelm

1793 - 1864
1672-1755, astronomer; mathematician, British; English

Hodgson, James

1672 - 1755
1692-1762, astronomer, English; British

Bradley, James

1692 - 1762
1847-1913, astronomer; book collector, British; Scottish; French-born

Lindsay, James Ludovic

1847 - 1913
1835-1916, astronomer; meteorologist, Norwegian

Mohn, Henrik

1835 - 1916
1738-1822, musician and astronomer, German born; naturalised British

Herschel, William

1738 - 1822
1827-1904, astronomer, British; English

With, George Henry

1827 - 1904
1635-1715, optician (lens maker) and astronomer, Italian

Campani, Giuseppe

1635 - 1715
1854-1935, astronomer, British

Bower, John C

1854 - 1935
1841-1922, astronomer; artist, British

Wesley, William Henry

1841 - 1922
1868-1936, astronomer, British; English

Lockyer, William James Stewart

1868 - 1936
1849-1903, astronomer, French

Henry, Prosper Mathieu

1849 - 1903
1819-1900, astronomer, British

Smyth, Charles Piazzi

1819 - 1900
1827-1895, artist; astronomer; entomologist, French

Trouvelot, Etienne Leopold

1827 - 1895
1794-1855, astronomer, British

Sheepshanks, Richard

1794 - 1855
1755-1832, astronomer, British

Groombridge, Stephen

1755 - 1832
1717-1788, mathematician; astronomer, English

Ludlam, William

1717 - 1788
1789-1876, astonomer, British; English

Sheepshanks, Anne

1789 - 1876
1859-1945, astronomer, British

Allen, Ashton Charles

1859 - 1945
1639-1715, astronomer; cartographer, Japanese

Shibukawa, Harumi

1639 - 1715