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- BBC Space - Space People - Comprehensive who's who list and brief biography of significant astronomers.
www.bbc.co.uk/science/space/spacepeople_a-z/index.shtml
- Charles Messier - Highly detailed biography including links to his full catalogue of 110 objects.
www.messiermarathon.com/about.htm
- Christiaan Huygens - Short biography of Christiaan Huygens (1629-1695).
me.in-berlin.de/~jd/himmel/astro/Huygens-e.html
- Hodierna's Deep Sky Observations - Catalogue of Giovanni Batista Hodierna's (1597-1660) long forgotten observations; detailed information about each object.
seds.lpl.arizona.edu/messier/xtra/similar/hodierna.html
- Holders of the Post of British Astronomer Royal - Notable achievements and timelines of Flamsteed, Halley, Bradley, Bliss, Maskelyne, Pond, Airy, Christie, Dyson, H.S. Jones, and Wooley (covering 1675 to 1971).
members.tripod.com/~UpSky2/ARs.html
- Jean Houzeau in Jamaica - Detailed biography of Belgian astronomer, Jean Charles Houzeau (1820-1888)
joyousjam.tripod.com/jeanhouzeauinjamaica
- Links to Astronomer Biographies - Short biographies of Argelander, Bürgel, Cassini, Celsius, Encke, Fermat, Goodricke, Huygens, and Scheiner written by Jens Dengler. [Also in German]
me.in-berlin.de/~jd/himmel/hotlist.html#myop
- People in the History of Astronomy - Short biographies of Pythagoras, Ptolemy, Copernicus, Kepler, Galileo, Newton, Halley, Einstein, and Hawking.
www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/Launchpad/4515/HISTORY.html
- Sir Robert Ball (1840-1913) Victorian Astronomer - Detailed biographical information of British astronomer and lecturer.
www.geocities.com/ziksby/index.html
- So Who Is this Challis Bloke Anyway? - Short description of Professor James Challis, the almost-discoverer of Neptune.
www.winwaed.com/comp/challis/challis_bio.html
- The Bruce Medalists - Brief biographies, photos, and links to winners of this annual award for lifetime contributions to astronomy.
www.phys-astro.sonoma.edu/BruceMedalists
- Women in Astronomy, 1880-1920 - Biographical information of Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin and other Harvard women. Includes photographs and links.
physics.carleton.edu/Astro/pages/marga_michele/WomenAstronomers.html
- History of Astronomy: Persons - Catalogue of biographical links covering hundreds prominent astronomers, past and present. [Also in German]
www.astro.uni-bonn.de/~pbrosche/hist_astr/ha_pers.html
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