Simon Newcomb

Simon Newcomb

male, deceased (1909)
Baldwin, Evarts, Hoar & Sherman family, Charles Sanders Peirce, immigrant to the United States, Canadian, British, American…Astronomer
Simon Newcomb (March 12 1835 - July 11 1909) was an astronomer and mathematician. Born in the town of Wallace, Nova Scotia, Newcomb had a short...
Guy Consolmagno

Guy Consolmagno

male, 57 years old
science fiction fan, planetary science, theology, religion, Lafayette College, peace corps…Astronomer
Brother Guy J. Consolmagno, SJ (born September 19 1952 in Detroit, Michigan), is an American research astronomer and planetary scientist at the...
Neil Degrasse Tyson

Neil Degrasse Tyson

male, 51 years old
Cosmologist, University of Texas at Austin alumni, Planetary scientist, African American, Hayden Planetarium, Bronx High School of Science alumni…Astronomer
Neil deGrasse Tyson (b. October 5, 1958 in New York City) is an African American astrophysicist and, since 1996, the Frederick P. Rose Director of...
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…Astronomer
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...

John Jackson

male
Astronomer, cambridge university, Scottish, paisley, mathematics, glasgow university
John Jackson was born in Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland, on 11th February 1887. He was educated at Paisley Grammar School, studying a range of...
Terence Dickinson

Terence Dickinson

male, 66 years old
Astronomer, SkyNews, 5272 Dickinson, from Lennox and Addington County, Ontario, Discovery Channel Canada, St. Lawrence College…Amateur astronomer
Terence Dickinson (born 1943) is a leading amateur astronomer and science writer who lives near the rural town of Yarker, Ontario, Canada. He is...
Christopher Wren

Christopher Wren

male, deceased (1723)
Astronomer, Geometer, designer, sir christopher wren, buried at St Paul's Cathedral, sir isaac newton
Sir Christopher Wren was a 17th century English designer, astronomer, geometer, and the greatest English architect of his time. Wren designed 53...
John Dobson

John Dobson

male, 94 years old
Former atheists and agnostic, musician, convert to Hinduism, The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, taught, amateur astronomy…A Sidewalk Astronomer, The Astronomer, Astronomer, Amateur astronomer
John Lowry Dobson (born September 14, 1915) is a highly influential amateur astronomer. He is most well known in astronomy circles because his name...

J. Allen Hynek

male, deceased (1986)
Ufos, American, Project Sign, Project Grudge, professor, Astronomer
Josef Allen Hynek (May 1, 1910 - April 27, 1986) was a U.S. astronomer, professor, and ufologist. He is probably best remembered for his UFO...
Carl Friedrich Gauss

Carl Friedrich Gauss

male, deceased (1855)
magnetism, electricity, Electrostatics, Gauß, Lutheran, From Braunschweig…Astronomer
Johann Carl Friedrich Gauss or Gauß (30 April 1777 - 23 February 1855) was a German mathematician and scientist of profound genius who c...