Ludwig Biermann

Ludwig Biermann

male, deceased (1986)
Ludwig Franz Benedict Biermann was a German astronomer. He made important contributions to astrophysics and plasma physics. He predicted the...
Adriaan Blaauw

Adriaan Blaauw

male, 95 years old
Adriaan Blaauw (born April 12 1914, Amsterdam) is a Dutch astronomer. Blaauw studied in Leiden and Groningen. In the 1950s he worked a few years at...
Harold D. Babcock

Harold D. Babcock

male, deceased (1968)
Harold Delos Babcock (January 24 1882 - April 8 1968) was an American astronomer, and the father of Horace W. Babcock. Educated at the University...
Bernard Lyot

Bernard Lyot

male, deceased (1952)
Bernard Ferdinand Lyot (February 27 1897 in Paris - April 2 1952 in Cairo) was a French astronomer. His interest in astronomy started in 1914. He...
Chushiro Hayashi

Chushiro Hayashi

male, 89 years old
Chushiro Hayashi is a Japanese astrophysicist. Hayashi tracks on the Hertzsprung-Russell diagram are named after him. He won the Eddington Medal in...
Otto Heckmann

Otto Heckmann

male, deceased (1983)
Otto Hermann Leopold Heckmann (June 23 1901 - May 13 1983) was a German astronomer. He directed the Hamburg Observatory from 1941 to 1962, after...
Catherine Wolfe Bruce

Catherine Wolfe Bruce

female, deceased (1900)
Catherine Wolfe Bruce (1816 - 1900) was a noted American patroness of astronomy. She donated money for purchases of telescopes by Harvard College...
William Alfred Fowler

William Alfred Fowler

male, deceased (1995)
William Alfred "Willie" Fowler (August 9, 1911 - March 14, 1995) was an American astrophysicist. He should not be confused with the British...
Thomas George Cowling

Thomas George Cowling

male, deceased (1990)
Thomas George Cowling (June 17 1906 - June 16 1990) was a British astronomer. Cowling studied mathematics at Brasenose College, Oxford from 1924 to...
Olin Chaddock Wilson

Olin Chaddock Wilson

male, deceased (1994)
Olin Chaddock Wilson (January 13, 1909 - July 13, 1994) was an American astronomer best known for his work as a stellar spectroscopist. Born in San...