Jacobus Kapteyn

Jacobus Kapteyn

male, deceased (1922)
Jacobus Cornelius Kapteyn, (January 19, 1851-June 18, 1922) was a Dutch astronomer, best known for his extensive studies of the Milky Way and as...
Willem Jacob Luyten

Willem Jacob Luyten

male, deceased (1994)
Willem Jacob Luyten (Mar 7 1899, Semarang - Nov 21 1994, Minneapolis) was a Dutch-American astronomer. Luyten was born in the Dutch Indies to Jacob...
Lewis Boss

Lewis Boss

male, deceased (1912)
Lewis Boss (1846-1912) was an American astronomer. He was born in Providence, Rhode Island. In 1870 he graduated from Dartmouth College, then went...

Frank Elmore Ross

male, deceased (1960)
Frank Elmore Ross (April 2,1874 - September 21,1960) was an American astronomer and physicist. He was born in San Francisco, California and died in...
Stephen Groombridge

Stephen Groombridge

male, deceased (1832)
Stephen Groombridge (January 7 1755, Goudhurst - March 30 1832, Blackheath) was a British astronomer. In 1806, using a transit circle, he began...

Thomas James Henderson

male, deceased (1844)
Thomas James Henderson (December 28, 1798 - November 23, 1844) was a Scottish astronomer noted for being the first person to measure the distance...
Guillaume Bigourdan

Guillaume Bigourdan

male, deceased (1932)
Guillaume Bigourdan was a French astronomer. In 1877 he was appointed by Félix Tisserand as assistant astronomer at the Toulouse Observatory, and i...

Alexander William Roberts

male, deceased (1938)
Alexander William Roberts (December 4, 1857-January 27, 1938) was Scottish-born, South African teacher and an amateur astronomer. He was born in...
Peter Van van de Kamp

Peter Van van de Kamp

male, deceased (1995)
Piet van de Kamp (December 26, 1901, Kampen - May 18, 1995), known as Peter van de Kamp in the United States, was a Dutch astronomer who lived most...

G. Pels

male, deceased (1966)
G. Pels was a Dutch astronomer. He worked mostly in South Africa, at the Yale Observatory Southern Station and the Royal Observatory, Cape of Good...