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…astrophysicaljournal, 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...
Fred Lawrence Whipple

Fred Lawrence Whipple

male, deceased (2004)
icy dirtball, dirty snowball, Occidental College alumni, Comet discoverer, astrophysicaljournal, Planetary scientist
Fred Lawrence Whipple was an American astronomer. He is best known for writing an influential paper (published in "Astrophysical Journal " from...
Fulvio Melia

Fulvio Melia

male, 53 years old
Sloan Research Fellow, Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, Italian, Massachusetts Institute of Technology alumni, Astrophysicist, author…astrophysicaljournal
Fulvio Melia (born 2 August 1956) is an Italian-American physicist/astrophysicist and author. He is Professor of Physics and Astronomy at the...

Robert Kennicutt

male
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute alumni, rensselaer polytechnic institute, Robert C. Kennicutt, Jr, Plumian Professor of Astronomy, star formation, Ph.D.…astrophysicaljournal
Robert C. Kennicutt, Jr. is an American astronomer. He is the Plumian Professor of Astronomy at the University of Cambridge and formerly had been...
Edward L. Wright

Edward L. Wright

male
PhD, Astronomer, infrared astronomy, cosmic microwave background, COBE, Harvard University…astrophysicaljournal
Edward L. (Ned) Wright is an American astrophysicist and cosmologist, well known for his achievements in the Nobel prized (2006) COBE-project and...
James Edward Keeler

James Edward Keeler

male, deceased (1900)
University of Pittsburgh, George Hale, astrophysicaljournal, gap, asteroid, Asteroid discoverer
James Edward Keeler was an American astronomer. He worked at Lick Observatory beginning in 1888 but was appointed director of the University of...
Ethan Vishniac

Ethan Vishniac

male
Hamilton, Canada, mcmaster university, Johns Hopkins University, Dynamos, Dynamo theory, cosmology…astrophysicaljournal
Ethan T. Vishniac is an American astrophysicist, son of Wolf V. Vishniac, and grandson of Roman Vishniac. He is the editor of the Astrophysical...

Edwin Brant Frost

male, deceased (1935)
Astronomer, russian revolution of 1917, russian revolution, yerkes observatory, American, astrophysicaljournal
Edwin Brant Frost (July 16 1866 - May 14 1935) was an American astronomer. He was born in Brattleboro, Vermont. He joined the staff of Yerkes...
Samuel Alfred Mitchell

Samuel Alfred Mitchell

male, deceased (1960)
Astronomer, solar eclipse, refractor, American, Queen's University, concave…astrophysicaljournal
Samuel Alfred Mitchell (born April 29, 1874 in Kingston, Ontario, Canada and died February 22, 1960 in Bloomington, Indiana) of Canada was an...
Judson B. Coit

Judson B. Coit

male, deceased (1921)
Boston University, Syracuse University, professor, Astronomer, observatory, greek…astrophysicaljournal, The Astrophysical Journal
Judson Boardman Coit (1849 - 1921) was an American mathematican and astronomer who published in numerous journals, including The Astrophysical...