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Revision as of 15:09, 12 July 2002 by Ellmist (talk | contribs) (nationalities and years wikified)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)An Astronomer (or Astrophysicist) is a Scientist whose area of research is astronomy (or astrophysics).
Famous astronomers (and astrophysicists) include:
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- Johann Bayer (Germany, 1572-1625)
- Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel (Germany, 1784-1846)
- Tycho Brahe (Denmark, 1546-1601)
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- Giovanni Domenico Cassini (France, 1625-1712)
- Bonaventura Cavalieri (Italy, 1598-1647)
- Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar (1910-1995)
- Nicolaus Copernicus (Prussia in Europe, 1473-1543)
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- George Ellery Hale (1868-1938)
- Asaph Hall (1829-1907)
- Edmond Halley (1656-1742)
- Caroline Herschel (1750-1848)
- John Herschel (1792-1871)
- William Herschel (1738-1822)
- Ejnar Hertzsprung (1873-1967)
- Hipparchus (Nicea, c. 190 B. C.-120 B. C.)
- Fred Hoyle (United Kingdom, 1915-2001)
- Edwin Powell Hubble (USA, 1889-1953)
- William Huggins (1824-1910)
- Christiaan Huygens (1629-1695)
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- Johannes Kepler (Germany, 1571-1630)
- Kidinnu (Babylon, c. 400 B. C.-310 B. C.)
- Daniel Kirkwood (1814-1895)
- Gerard Kuiper (Netherlands & USA, 1905-1973)
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- Nicolas Louis de Lacaille (France, 1713-1762)
- Johann Heinrich Lambert (Germany, 1728-1777)
- Pierre Simon Laplace (France, 1749-1827)
- Henrietta Swan Leavitt (USA, 1868-1921)
- Urbain Leverrier (1811-1877)
- Percival Lowell (USA, 1855-1916)
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- Nabu-rimanni (Babylonia, c. 560 B. C.-480 B. C.)
- Isaac Newton (United Kingdom, 1643-1727)
- Peter Nilson (Sweden, 1937-1998)
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- Regiomontanus (Johannes Müller, Germany, 1436-1476)
- Erasmus Reinhold (Prussia, Germany 1511-1553)
- Grote Reber (USA, 1911- )
- Ole Romer (1644-1710)
- Henry Norris Russell (1877-1957)
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- Carl Sagan (USA, 1934-1996)
- Allan Sandage (1926-)
- Carl Seyfert (1911-1960)
- Maarten Schmidt (1929-)
- Harlow Shapley, (USA, 1885-1972)
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- Fritz Zwicky (Switzerland, USA, 1898-)
Other scientists whose work had an impact on A&A.
(...many more)