George Ellery Hale

George Ellery Hale

male, deceased (1938)
palomar observatory, craters of the Moon named after them, from Chicago, solar, journalist, california institute of technology…yerkes observatory, MountWilsonObservatory, Kenwood Astrophysical Observatory
George Ellery Hale (June 29 1868 - February 21 1938) was an American solar astronomer, born in Chicago. He was educated at MIT, at the Observatory...
Harlow Shapley

Harlow Shapley

male, deceased (1972)
University of Missouri, University of Missouri–Columbia, University of Missouri–Columbia alumni, unesco, contributor to general relativity, from Missouri…Harvard College Observatory, MountWilsonObservatory
Harlow Shapley was an American astronomer. He was born on a farm in Nashville, Missouri, and dropped out of school with only the equivalent of a...
Margaret Burbidge

Margaret Burbidge

female, 90 years old
University of Chicago, National Medal of Science recipient, University College, London, Carnegie Institution of Washington, Cambridge, England, Royal Greenwich Observatory…Mount Wilson, MountWilsonObservatory, yerkes observatory, PhD at the University of London Observatory
Margaret Burbidge (born August 12, 1919) is a British astrophysicist, noted for original research and holding many administrative posts, including...
Seth Barnes Nicholson

Seth Barnes Nicholson

male, deceased (1963)
University of California, Drake University, Corona, Astronomer, Asteroid discoverer, orbit…Lick Observatory, MountWilsonObservatory
Seth Barnes Nicholson was an American astronomer. Nicholson was born in Springfield, Illinois and was raised in rural Illinois. He was educated at...
Halton Arp

Halton Arp

male, 82 years old
Intrinsic redshift, Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics, Fringe physics, Halton Christian Arp, Max-Planck-Gesellschaft, Carnegie Institution of Washington…MountWilsonObservatory, palomar observatory
Halton Christian Arp is an American astronomer mainly known for Intrinsic redshift and as a main critic of the Standard cosmology. He was born...

Milton L. Humason

male, deceased (1972)
Astronomer, Pluto, American, Janitor, Perihelion, MountWilsonObservatory
Milton Lasell Humason (August 19 1891 - June 18 1972) was as American astronomer. He was born in Dodge Center, Minnesota. He started out as a...
Pieter Zeeman

Pieter Zeeman

male, deceased (1943)
physicist, 1865-1943, Leiden University alumni, Leiden University faculty, physics, dutch…MountWilsonObservatory, Director of Mount Wilson Observatory
Pieter Zeeman (Zonnemaire, May 25, 1865 - Amsterdam, October 9, 1943) was a Dutch physicist who shared the 1902 Nobel Prize in Physics with Hendrik...
Adriaan van Maanen

Adriaan van Maanen

male, deceased (1946)
dutch, Astronomer, yerkes observatory, cepheid, American, university of groningen…MountWilsonObservatory
Adriaan van Maanen (March 31 1884, Sneek - January 26 1946, Pasadena) was a Dutch-American astronomer. Van Maanen, born into a well-to-do family in...

Edison Pettit

male, deceased (1962)
University of Chicago, Astronomer, crater, moon, yerkes observatory, sun…MountWilsonObservatory
Edison Pettit (September 22 1889 - May 6 1962) was an American astronomer. He was born in Peru, Nebraska. He taught astronomy at Washburn College...
George Willis Ritchey

George Willis Ritchey

male, deceased (1945)
craters of the Moon named after them, impact crater, crater, moon, American, reflector telescope…MountWilsonObservatory
George Willis Ritchey was an American optician and telescope maker and astronomer born at Tupper's Plains, Ohio. Ritchey was educated as a...