- male, deceased (1641)
- Jeremiah Horrocks (1618 - January 3, 1641), sometimes given as Jeremiah Horrox, was an English astronomer who made the first observation of a...
- male, deceased (1644)
- William Crabtree (1610 - 1644?) was an astronomer, mathematician and merchant from Salford, Lancashire, England. He was one of only two people to...
- male, deceased (1771)
- Charles Green (1735 - January 29,1771) was a British astronomer, noted for his assignment by the Royal Society in 1768 to the expedition sent to...
- male, deceased (1786)
- Charles Mason (1728-1786) was an English astronomer. Mason's early career was spent at the Royal Greenwich Observatory near London. He worked on...
- male, deceased (1779)
- Jeremiah Dixon (July 27 1733 - January 22 1779) was an English surveyor and astronomer who is perhaps best known for his work with Charles Mason,...
- female, 61 years old
- Maureen Hunter (born 1948) is a Canadian playwright who lives in Winnipeg, Manitoba. She was born in Indian Head, Saskatchewan and graduated from...
- male, deceased (1903)
- William Harkness (1837-1903) was an astronomer, born at Ecclefechan, Scotland, a son of James Harkness, (1803-78). He was educated at Lafayette...
- male, deceased (1779)
- John Winthrop was the 2nd Hollis Professor of Mathematics and Natural Philosophy in Harvard College. He was a distinguished mathematician,...
- male, deceased (1882)
- Henry Draper (March 7, 1837 - November 20 1882) was an American doctor and astronomer. Henry Draper's father, John William Draper, was an...
- male, deceased (1813)
- Benjamin West was an American astronomer and almanac publisher. Born in Rehoboth, Massachusetts, he was largely an autodidact. After a school he...
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