- male, deceased (1865)
- Johann Franz Encke was a German astronomer, born in Hamburg. He is sometimes confused with Karl Ludwig Hencke, another German astronomer. Encke...
- male, deceased (1788)
- Johann Georg Palitzsch (June 11 1723 - February 21 1788) was a German astronomer. In December 1758 he observed the return of Comet Halley, as had...
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- David Hughes is a professor of Astronomy at the University of Sheffield, where he has worked since 1965. Hughes has published over 200 research...
- male, deceased (1920)
- Julio Garavito Armero was a Colombian astronomer. Born in Bogotá, he was a child prodigy in science and mathematics. He obtained his degrees as m...
- male, deceased (1913)
- Lewis A. Swift (February 29 1820 - January 5 1913 <sup></sup>) was an American astronomer. He discovered or co-discovered a number of comets,...
- male, deceased (1867)
- Jean Elias Benjamin Valz was a French astronomer. He was born in Nîmes and trained as an engineer. He became interested in astronomy and comets in p...
- male, deceased (1998)
- Ernst Jünger was a German author of novels and accounts of his war experiences. Many regard him as one of Germany's greatest modern writers and a h...
- male, deceased (1686)
- Arthur Storer (c. 1648 - 1686) was America's first colonial astronomer. He came to Calvert County, Maryland, from Lincolnshire, England. He was...
- male, deceased (1846)
- Georg Karl Friedrich Kunowsky (1786 - December 23 1846) was a German lawyer who also was a talented amateur astronomer. He made observations of...
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