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2001 Sir Fred Hoyle, "astronomer, science fiction writer", ", coined the term ""big bang"", ", dies at 86
1997 Eugene Shoemaker, astronomer, co-discoverer of the Shoemaker-Levy comet that had a spectacular collision with Jupiter in 1994, dies at 69 1997 Clyde Tombaugh, astronomer, discovered Pluto in 1930, dies at 90 1992 Jan Hendrik Oort, Dutch astronomer (Oort Cloud), dies at 92 1992 Hans Rosenberg, astronomer/alderman of Utrecht, dies 1992 Franc Holden, British astronomer (Binary Stars), dies 1974 Fritz Zwicky, Swiss/US astronomer (supernova), dies at 75 1973 Charles G Abbot, U.S. astronomer (Sun Constant), dies at 101 1973 Ira S. Bowen, U.S. physicist and astronomer (Mount Wilson/Palomar), dies at 74 1972 Harlow Shapley, astronomer (Sun's position in galaxy), dies at 86 1970 Lucien H d'Azambuja, French astronomer (chromosphere of Sun), dies at 86 1967 Andre L Danjon, French astronomer, dies at 77 1964 Erwin F Finlay-Freundlich, British astronomer, dies 1963 Mervyn A Ellison, British astronomer (spectrohelioscope), dies at 63 1960 WH Walter Baade, German/US astronomer (Andromeda), dies at 67 1960 Anton Pancake, astronomer/marxist theorist, dies at 87 1960 Anton Pannekoek, Dutch astronomer/marxist theorist, dies at 87 1957 John Von Neumann, astronomer, dies at 53 1956 Walter S Adams, U.S. astronomer/director of Mount Wilson, dies at 79 1953 Edwin P Hubble, astronomer, designer of telescopes, dies at 63 1952 Bernard F Lyot, French astronomer (chronograph, Lyot-filter), dies at 55 1951 Robert G Aitken, U.S. astronomer (New General Catalogue), dies at 86 1948 Eleanor Margaret Burbridge, astronomer and educator 1947 Paul Guthnick, German astronomer, dies at 76 1946 Joseph McCarthy's HUAC interrogates astronomer Harlow Shapley 1946 James Jeans, English physicist/mathematician/astronomer, dies at 69 1943 Jocelyn Burnell, astronomer 1941 John S Plaskett, Canadian astronomer (Plaskett's twins), dies 1941 AH Borgesius, tutor/experimentator/amateur astronomer, dies at 76 1941 Malcolm Longair, born in Dundee Scotland, astronomer, physicist, chairman of the Gemini Board, President, Royal Astronomical Society 1941 Annie Jump Cannon, U.S. astronomer (Henry Draper catalogues), dies at 77 1939 Nalin Chandra Wickramasinghe, Indian astronomer 1938 William W. Campbell, U.S. astronomer (Stellar Motions), dies at 76 1938 George Ellery Hale, astronomer, dies 1938 William H Pickering, astronomer (predicted Pluto), dies at 79 1936 William FA Ellison, Irish clergyman/astronomer, dies at 72 1935 Donald Lynden-Bell, British astronomer 1934 Carl Sagan, Brooklyn, astronomer/author/professor, Cosmos, Broca's Brain 1930 U.S. astronomer Clyde Tombaugh discovers Pluto 1929 Maarten Schmidt, Netherlands/U.S. astronomer, quasars 1926 Johan LE Dreyer, Danish astronomer (Catalog of Nebulae), dies at 74 1925 Camille Flammarion, French astronomer/writer, Thunder and Lightning 1924 Antony Hewish, radio astronomer 1923 Francis Graham-Smith, British astronomer 1923 Patrick Moore, born in England, astronomer and writer, A-Z of Astronomy 1923 Edward E Barnard, U.S. astronomer (5th moon Jupiter), dies at 65 1922 Johannes C Kapteyn, Dutch astronomer, dies at 71 1922 John C Kapteyn, astronomer, dies at 71 1921 Cornelis de Jager, Dutch astronomer, Sun 1921 Sherburne W. Burnham, U.S. astronomer (binary stars), dies at 83 1920 Thomas Gold, astronomer, proposed steady-state theory of universe 1918 Martin Ryle, Britain, radio astronomer/astronomer royal, 1972-82 1916 Karl Schwarzschild, German astronomer (s-effect), dies 1914 George W. Hill, U.S. astronomer (moon orbit), dies at 76 1913 Robert S Ball, Irish mathematician/astronomer (Ball Screw), dies 1912 Martin Schwarzschild, U.S. astronomer, evolution 1912 Madge Adam, astronomer 1911 Grote Reber, U.S., astronomer, 1st parabolic radio telescope 1910 Johann O Backlund, Swedish astronomer, dies at 64 1910 Giovanni V Schiaparelli, Italian astronomer (Mars), dies at 75 1908 Viktor A Ambartsoemjan, Russian astronomer, Stalin Prize 1946, 1950 1906 John A. C. Oudemans, Dutch geographer/astronomer, dies at 78 1906 Thomas G. Cowling, British mathematician/astronomer 1906 Bartholomeus J "Bart" Bok, Dutch/U.S. astronomer, Milky Way 1906 Pavel P Parenago, Russian astronomer 1906 Clyde William Tombaugh, U.S., astronomer, discovered Pluto 1905 Gerard Kuiper, Dutch/U.S. astronomer, moons of Uranus, Neptune 1904 Clabon W. Allen, Australian/British astronomer 1903 John von Neumann, mathematician and astronomer, Bocher Award 1938 1903 Bernard Lovell, England, radio astronomer, founded Jodrell Bank 1900 James E Keeler, U.S. astronomer (rings of Saturn), dies at 42 1900 Mervyn A. Ellison, British astronomer, spectrohelioscope 1900 Jan Hendrik Oort, Dutch astronomer, hypothesized "Oort Cloud" 1898 Ira S. Bowen, U.S. physicist and astronomer, Mount Wilson/Palomar 1898 Fritz Zwicky, Swiss astronomer, super nova 1897 Bernard F. Lyot, French astronomer, Lyot filter 1895 Bertil Lindblad, Swedish astronomer, Milky Way system 1893 Earnest Julius pik, Estonian astronomer, Physics of meteor flight 1893 W H Walter Baade, German/US astronomer, Andromeda 1893 Marcel G. J. Minnaert, Dutch astronomer 1892 George B Airy, English astronomer/writer, dies at 90 1890 Andre L. Danjon, French astronomer 1889 Edwin Hubble, astronomer, discoverer of galaxies, red shift 1889 Maria Mitchell, 1st U.S. woman astronomer (Vassar), dies at 70 1889 Warren De La Rue, astronomer/chemist, dies 1888 Aleksandr Mikhailov, born in U.S.S.R., astronomer 1885 Harlow Shapley, U.S., astronomer, studied the galaxies 1885 Erwin F Finlay-Freundlich, British astronomer, theory of relativity 1884 Lucien H d'Azambuja, France, astronomer, chromosome of sun 1882 Giorgio Abetti, Italian astronomer, Solar physics 1882 Johann CF Zollner, German astronomer (astro photography), dies 1880 Benjamin Pierce, U.S. mathematician/astronomer, dies 1880 William Lassell, English astronomer (1st moon of Neptune), dies 1879 Milutin Milankovic, Yugoslavian astronomer/meteorologist 1877 Henry Norris Russell, astronomer, Hertzsprung-Russell diagram 1877 James Jeans, England, physicist/mathematician/astronomer 1876 Walter S. Adams, U.S. astronomer and director of Mount Wilson, 1923 - 1946 1874 Anders J engstrom, Swedish astronomer/physicist (e-unit), dies at 59 1874 [Lambert] Adolphe J Quetelet, Belgian astronomer/sociologist, dies at 77 1873 Karl Schwarzschild, German astronomer, Schwarzschild effect 1873 Ejnar Hertzsprung, Denmark, astronomer, Hertzsprung-Russell diagram 1873 Anton Pannekoek, Dutch astronomer/marxist theorist, Communist Tactics 1872 Jacques Babinet, French physicist/mathematician/astronomer, dies at 78 1872 Friedrich Kaiser, astronomer (Kaiser-Compass), dies 1872 Charles G Abbot, U.S., astronomer, Constant Sun 1871 John F. W. Herschel, British astronomer (Catalogue of Nebulae), dies 1871 Paul Guthnick, German astronomer 1866 Antonia Caetana de Paiva Pereira Maury, astronomer 1865 John S Plaskett, Canadian astronomer, Plaskett's twins 1865 Johann F Encke, German astronomer (Comet Encke), dies at 73 1864 Robert G Aitken, U.S. astronomer, Binary Stars 1864 A H Borgesius, Dutch amateur astronomer 1863 Giovanni B Amia, Italian astronomer/physicist/botanist, dies at 77 1862 Ormsby Mcknight Mitchel, U.S. astronomer/Union-general-major, dies at 53 1862 William W. Campbell, U.S. astronomer and director Lick Observatory 1862 Jean-Baptiste Biot, French physicist/astronomer, dies at 87 1861 Robert T A Innes, Edinburgh Scotland, astronomer, Proxima Centauri 1858 William Pickering, Boston, astronomer, 9th and 10th moons of Saturn 1857 Edward Emerson Barnard, born in Tennessee, astronomer, Jupiter's 5th satellite 1857 James E Keeler, U.S., astronomer, rings of Saturn 1856 Friedrich Kustner, German astronomer 1855 Percival "Percy" Lowell, U.S. astronomer, predicted discovery of Pluto 1854 Henri Poincare, France, mathematician, astronomer, and philosopher 1853 D Francois J Arago, French astronomer/physicist (chromosome), dies 1852 Johan L. E. Dreyer, Danish astronomer, New general catalogue of nebulae 1851 Johannes C. Kapteyn, Dutch astronomer 1850 Wilhelm Bear, German banker/astronomer (Moon Map), dies at 53 1847 German astronomer Theodor discovers Comet Brorsen-Metcalf 1846 Johann E. Backlund, Swedish astronomer, planets/asteroids 1846 Friedrich W. Bessel, German astronomer (Bessel Functions), dies at 61 1844 Francis Baily, English astronomer/mathematician (Baily's Beads), dies 1840 Robert S. Ball, Irish mathematician and astronomer 1840 Heinrich Olbers, German astronomer (comets and asteroids), dies at 81 1838 Sherburne W. Burnham, U.S., astronomer, binary stars 1838 Nathaniel Bowditch, astronomer/navigation expert, dies at 64 1838 George W. Hill, U.S. astronomer, Moon orbit 1835 George B Airy begins 46-year reign as England's Astronomer Royal 1835 Simon Newcomb, U.S., scientist, mathematician and astronomer 1835 Giovanni Schiaparelli, born in Italy, astronomer, discovered canals of Mars 1827 John A. C. Oudemans, Dutch geographer and astronomer 1822 F William Herschel, German astronomer (discovered Uranus), dies at 85 1822 Frederick "William" Herschel, German/British astronomer, dies at 83 1819 John Couch Adams, English astronomer, co-discover Neptune 1818 Maria Mitchell, 1st U.S. woman astronomer on Nantucket Island 1812 Johann G Galle, German astronomer, discovered Neptune. 1811 Nevil Maskelyne, 5th Astronomer Royal of England (1765-1811), dies 1809 Ormsby McKnight Mitchel, astronomer/Major General Union volunteers 1809 Benjamin Pierce, U.S. mathematician and astronomer 1808 Friedrich Kaiser, Dutch astronomer, Kaiser compass-card 1807 Joseph Jerome Le Francais de Lalande, French astronomer, dies 1806 Benjamin Banneker, astronomer/mathematician, dies at 74 1801 George Biddle Airy, 7th Astronomer Royal 1801 French astronomer Jean-Louis Pons discovers his 1st comet 1797 Wilhelm Beer, Germany, amateur astronomer, constructed 1st Moon map 1796 [Lambert] Adolphe J. Quetelet, Belgian astronomer/meteorology 1796 Adolphe Quetelet, born in Belgium, mathematician, astronomer, and statistician 1794 Jacques Babinet, French physicist, mathematician and astronomer 1792 John Herschel, born in Slough, England, William Herschel's son, astronomer 1791 Johann F Encke, German astronomer, Encke Comet 1789 William Cranch Bond, U.S., astronomer, codiscovered Hyperion 1787 Ruggiero Boscovich, Italian physicist/astronomer/philosopher, dies at 75 1786 John Goodricke, English deaf and dumb astronomer, dies at 21 1786 Giovanni B Amia, Italian astronomer/physicist/botanist 1786 D. Francois J. Arago, French astronomer, physicist, and politician 1784 Cesar F Cassini "the Thury", French astronomer (geodesic labor), dies 1784 Friedrich W. Bessel, German astronomer, star parallax, Bessel Function 1783 Willem Bachiene, vicar/theologist/geography/astronomer, dies at 70 1774 Jean-Baptiste Biot, French physicist, astronomer, and balloonist 1773 Cornelis Douwes, Dutch mathematician/astronomer, dies at 60 1773 Nathaniel Bowditch, mathematician, astronomer and author, Marine Sextant 1768 Johan Lulofs, Dutch physicist/philosopher/astronomer, dies at 57 1764 John Goodricke, English astronomer/member Royal Society 1764 Peder [Nielsen] Horrebow, Danish astronomer, dies at 84 1764 George Parker, English astronomer, dies 1762 James Bradley, 3rd Astronomer Royal, dies 1759 Pierre-Louis Moreau de Maupertuis, biologist/astronomer, dies at 60 1756 Jacques Cassini, French astronomer (Discover rings of Saturn), dies at 79 1750 Caroline Lucretia Herchel, Hanover, Germany, 1st mod woman astronomer 1750 Caroline Herschel, astronomer/discoverer 1748 Jacques D "comte" Cassini, French astronomer 1744 Anders Celsius, Swed astronomer (Centegrade Thermometer), dies at 42 1741 Astronomer Anders Celcius introduces Centigrade temperature scale 1738 F William Herschel, German/English astronomer, discovered Uranus 1730 Charles Joseph Messier, astronomer, cataloguer of "M objects" 1727 Issac Newton, English physicist/astronomer, dies in London at 84 1723 Christopher Wren, England, astronomer/architect, dies at 90 1720 Edmund Halley appointed 2nd Astronomer Royal of England 1719 John Flamsteed, 1st Astronomer Royal, dies at 73 1714 Cesar F Cassini, de Thury, French astronomer, geodesic labor 1713 Nicolas Louis de Lacaille, astronomer who mapped the So Hemisphere 1712 Willem Bachiene, theologist/geographer/astronomer, Ecclesiastical 1712 Jean [Giovanni] D Cassini, Italian/French astronomer, dies 1712 Giovanni D Cassini, French astronomer, dies 1712 Cornelis Douwes, Dutch mathematician and astronomer 1711 Johan Lulofs, Dutch physicist, philosopher, and astronomer 1711 Ruggiero G Boscovich, Rudzer J Boskovic, Italian astronomer 1710 James Ferguson, astronomer 1698 Pierre-Louis Moreau de Maupertuis, born in France, mathematician and astronomer 1695 Christiaen Huygens, inventor/astronomer, dies at 66 1695 Christian Huygens, inventor/astronomer (ring of Saturn), dies at 66 1687 Johannes Hevelius, astronomer (star cataloger), dies on 76th birthday 1682 English astronomer Edmund Halley sees his namesake comet 1679 Peder Horrebow, Danish astronomer 1677 Jacques Cassini, French astronomer, rings of Saturn 1675 John Flamsteed appointed 1st Astronomer Royal of England 1666 Johann A Schall von Bell, German missionary/astronomer, dies 1656 Edmund Halley, English astronomer, comet of Halley 1655 Jan Luyts, Netherlands, scholar/physicist/mathematician/astronomer 1650 Christoph Scheiner, German astronomer, dies at 74 1646 John Flamsteed, 1st astronomer royal of England 1643 Isaac Newton, born in Grantham, England, physicist, mathematician, and astronomer 1642 Galileo Galilei, Italian physicist/astronomer, dies at 77 in Italy 1638 Niels Stensen, Danish astronomer 1633 Italian astronomer Galileo Galilei arrived in Rome for trial before Inquisition for professing belief that earth revolves around the Sun 1632 Jan Vermeer, Holland, painter, Procuress, Astronomer 1632 Christopher Wren, England, astronomer/great architect 1630 Johann Kepler, German astronomer, dies at 58 1629 Christian Huygens, Holland, astronomer, discovered Saturn's rings 1626 Willebrord Snellius, astronomer/mathematician, dies at about 46 1624 Simon Marius, astronomer, dies in Bavaria at 54 1620 Jean Picard, French astronomer 1617 David Fabricius, German astronomer, dies at 53 1611 Johannes Hevelius, Danzig, astronomer, star cataloger 1610 German astronomer Simon Marius 1st discovers the Jupiter moons, but does not officially report it, Galileo does on July 1 1610 1608 Giovanni Alfonso Borelli, Naples, mathematician/astronomer 1601 Tycho Brahe, astronomer, dies in Prague at 54 1596 Pieter D Keyzer/Keyser, astronomer/navigator (Java) 1595 Thomas Digges, English astronomer (Universe Infinite), dies 1592 Johann A Schall von Bell, German missionaries/astronomer 1587 Johannes Fabricius, Denmark, astronomer, discovered sunspots 1578 Pedro Nunes, Nonius, Port mathematician/astronomer (nonius), dies 1575 Christoph Scheiner, Germany, astronomer 1571 Johann Kepler, born in Wurttemberg, Germany, astronomer, elliptical orbits 1564 David Fabricius, Essens Germany, astronomer, discoved variable star 1564 Galileo Galilei, born in Pisa, Italy, astronomer and physicist 1555 Gemma Frisius, Frisian geographer/astronomer, dies at 46 1552 Peter Apianus, Bennewitz/Bienewitz, German astronomer, dies at 50 1546 Tycho Brahe, Knudstrup Denmark, astronomer, Golden nose 1543 Nicolas Copernicus, astronomer, dies in Poland 1542 Albert Pigge, Pighius, Dutch theologist/astronomer, dies at about 52 1514 Rhaticus, Rheticus, Austrian astronomer/mathematician 1508 Gemma Frisius, Jemme Reinersz, Frisian geographer and astronomer 1473 Nicolaus Copernicus, Torun, Poland, astronomer, heliocentrism 1449 Ulugh Beg, a U.S.S.R. astronomer, dies at 56 1131 Omar Khayyam, poet, mathematician, physicist, astronomer, wrote, Treatise on Demonstration of Problems of Algebra, dies 1048 Omar Khayyam, born in Nayshapur, Iran, poet, mathematician, physicist, astronomer, wrote, Treatise on Demonstration of Problems of Algebra 883 Albumasar, Ahmad Aboe M Gafar al-Balkhi, Arabic astronomer, dies 33 Christ, crucified (according to astronomer Humphreys and Waddington) 30 Christ, crucified, according to astronomer Schaefer, dies |
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