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1629-1693, mathematician; astronomer; physicist, Dutch

Christiaan Huygens

1629 - 1695
1692-1762, astronomer, English; British

James Bradley

1692 - 1762
1835-1916, astronomer; meteorologist, Norwegian

Henrik Mohn

1835 - 1916
1677-1750, mathematician; astronomer; cartographer, German

Johan Gabriel Doppelmayr

1677 - 1750
1887-1958, astronomer, British

J. Jackson

1887 - 1958
1758-1840, physician; astronomer, German

Heinrich Wilhelm Matthias Olbers

1758 - 1840
about 190-127 BCE, mathematician; astronomer; geographer, Greek

Hipparchus

190 BCE - 127 BCE
1838-1914, astronomer; mathematician, American

George William Hill

1838 - 1914
1827-1904, astronomer, British; English

George Henry With

1827 - 1904
1882-1968, astronomer; physicist, American

Harold Delos Babcock

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

John Martin Schaeberle

1853 - 1924
1882-1967, astronomer, American

John C. Duncan

1882 - 1967
1815-1889, active 1836-1889, chemist; astronomer, British; English

Warren de la Rue

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

Johann Karl Friedrich Zollner

1834 - 1882
1819-1900, astronomer, British

Charles Piazzi Smyth

1819 - 1900
1869-1940, astronomer, American

F Ellerman

1869 - 1940
1870-1944, astronomer, Turkish-French

Eugene Marie Antoniadi

1870 - 1944
1874-1949, astronomer, British

J H Reynolds

1874 - 1949
1829-1904, geologist; astronomer, British; Welsh

Isaac Roberts

1829 - 1904
1872-1942, astronomer, American

Heber Doust Curtis

1872 - 1942
1847-1913, astronomer; book collector, British; Scottish; French-born

James Ludovic Lindsay

1847 - 1913
1859-1945, astronomer, British

Ashton Charles Allen

1859 - 1945
1812-1889, engineer; astronomer, British; Scottish

Robert Stirling Newall

1812 - 1889
1605-1691, astronomer, French

Ismael Bouilleau

1605 - 1691
1854-1935, astronomer, British

John C Bower

1854 - 1935
1868-1936, astronomer, British; English

William James Stewart Lockyer

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

William Henry Wesley

1841 - 1922
1639-1715, astronomer; cartographer, Japanese

Harumi Shibukawa

1639 - 1715
1843-1912, amateur astronomer, British

John Franklin-Adams

1843 - 1912
1824-1889, astronomer, Italian

Lorenzo Respighi

1824 - 1889
1827-1895, artist; astronomer; entomologist, French

Etienne Leopold Trouvelot

1827 - 1895
1793-1864, astronomer, German-born; active Russia

Friedrich Georg Wilhelm Struve

1793 - 1864
1851-1908, astronomer, Belgian

Charles Emile Stuyvaert

1851 - 1908
1897-1952, astronomer, French

Bernard Ferdinard Lyot

1897 - 1952
1755-1832, astronomer, British

Stephen Groombridge

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

William Ludlam

1717 - 1788
1830-1899, professor of mathematics and engineering; astronomer, British

Benjamin Theophilus Moore

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

Harry Hemley Plaskett

1893 - 1980
1672-1755, astronomer; mathematician, British; English

James Hodgson

1672 - 1755
1840-1913, astronomer, Irish

Robert Stawell Ball

1840 - 1913
1821-1885, astronomer; astrophysicist; optical instrument maker, Polish

Adam Jozef Ignacy Prazmowski

1821 - 1885
1804-1881, meteorologist; astronomer, British; English

William Radcliff Birt

1804 - 1881
1868-1938, astronomer, American

George Ellery Hale

1868 - 1938
1794-1855, astronomer, British

Richard Sheepshanks

1794 - 1855
78-139 CE, astronomer; seismologist, Chinese

Zhang Heng

Unknown - 139
1849-1903, astronomer, French

Prosper Mathieu Henry

1849 - 1903
1750-1848, astronomer, German

Caroline Lucretia Herschel

1750 - 1848
1786-1863, optician; astronomer; microscopist, Italian

Giovanni Battista Amici

1786 - 1863
1564-1642, astronomer; mathematician, Italian

Galileo Galilei

1564 - 1642
1789-1876, astonomer, British; English

Anne Sheepshanks

1789 - 1876