Jill Tarter

Jill Tarter

female, 65 years old
Cornell University, California Academy of Sciences, seti institute, wikt director, HabCat, High Resolution Microwave Survey…Astronomer
Jill Cornell Tarter (born 1944) is an American astronomer and the current director of the Center for SETI Research. She holds the Bernard M. Oliver...

Richard Ellis

male, 59 years old
professor, DPhil, Alumni of University College London, Alumni of the University of Oxford, Academic of Durham University, Royal Greenwich Observatory…Astronomer
Richard Ellis FRS (born 25 May 1950, Colwyn Bay, Wales) is the Steele Professor of Astronomy at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech)....
George Gamow

George Gamow

male, deceased (1968)
physicist, 1904-1968, University of California, Berkeley, quantum tunneling, Russian, University of Colorado…Astronomer
George Gamow (March 4, 1904 - August 19, 1968), born Georgiy Antonovich Gamov (Георгий Антонович Гамов), was a Russian born theoretical physicist...
David Malin

David Malin

male, 68 years old
blue, monochrome, red, monochromatic, deep sky object, darkroom…Astronomer
David Malin (born 28 March 1941) is a British-Australian astronomer and photographer. Malin trained as a chemist and originally worked in England...
Anaximander

Anaximander

male
Axial Age, pre-Socratic, geometry, philosophy, Milesian school, Anaximenes…Astronomer, Greek and Roman astronomer
Anaximander (Ancient Greek: "'"') (c. 610 BCE-c. 546 BCE) was a pre-Socratic philosopher who lived in Miletus, a city of Ionia. He joined the...
Caroline Herschel

Caroline Herschel

female, deceased (1848)
From Slough, German-English, English, bath, george iii, Slough…Astronomer
Caroline Lucretia Herschel (March 16 1750 - January 9 1848) was a German-born English astronomer who worked with her brother, Sir William Herschel....
Giovanni Schiaparelli

Giovanni Schiaparelli

male, deceased (1910)
SEAS, Lunar mare, Martian canals, Berlin Observatory, Perseid, Perseids…Astronomer
Giovanni Virginio Schiaparelli (March 14,1835 - July 4,1910) was an Italian astronomer. He studied at the University of Turin and Berlin...
Thomas Gold

Thomas Gold

male, deceased (2004)
Jewish, University of Cambridge, astrophysics, Biophysics, steady state theory, universe…Astronomer
Thomas Gold (May 22, 1920 - June 22, 2004) was an Austrian astrophysicist, a professor of astronomy at Cornell University, and a member of the US...
John Dee

John Dee

male, deceased (1608)
hermes trismegistus, Astronomer, Geographer, mathematician, Occultist, Occult writer
John Dee was a noted English mathematician, astronomer, astrologer, geographer, occultist, and consultant to Queen Elizabeth I. He also devoted...
Fritz Zwicky

Fritz Zwicky

male, deceased (1974)
Astronomer, Swiss, American, Astrophysicist, Swiss-American
Fritz Zwicky (February 14 1898 - February 8 1974) was an American-based Swiss astronomer. He was an original thinker, with many important...