Richard Sheepshanks

Richard Sheepshanks

male, deceased (1855)
Richard Sheepshanks (July 30, 1794 - August 4, 1855) was a British astronomer. He graduated from Trinity College of Cambridge University in 1816....
Friedrich Wilhelm Argelander

Friedrich Wilhelm Argelander

male, deceased (1875)
Friedrich Wilhelm August Argelander was a Prussian astronomer. He was born in Memel in the Kingdom of Prussia (now Klaipėda in Lithuania), the son o...
John M. Thome

John M. Thome

male, deceased (1908)
John Macon Thome was an American-Argentine astronomer. Some sources say John Macom Thome. He is sometimes known as "Juan M. Thome". He was born in...
Adrien Baillet

Adrien Baillet

male, deceased (1706)
Adrien Baillet was a French scholar and critic. Born in the village of Neuville near Beauvais, in Picardie. His parents could only afford to send...
Thomas Kerrich

Thomas Kerrich

male, deceased (1828)
Thomas Kerrich was a clergyman, principal Cambridge University librarian (Protobibliothecarius), antiquary, draftsman and gifted amateur artist. He...
David Teniers The Younger

David Teniers The Younger

male, deceased (1690)
David Teniers the Younger, Flemish artist was the more celebrated son of David Teniers the Elder, almost ranking in celebrity with Rubens and Van...
Daniel Wildenstein

Daniel Wildenstein

male, deceased (2001)
Daniel Leopold Wildenstein (September 11, 1917 - October 23, 2001) was a major international art dealer, collector, and scholar, as well as a...
Pope Linus

Pope Linus

male, deceased (79)
Pope Saint Linus (d. ca.79) was the second pope of the Roman Catholic Church. According to Irenaeus, Jerome, Eusebius, John Chrysostom, the...
Pope Marcellinus Marcellinus

Pope Marcellinus Marcellinus

male, deceased (304)
Pope Saint Marcellinus, according to the "Liberian Catalogue", became bishop of Rome on June 30, 296; his predecessor was Pope Caius. He is not...
Pope Sixtus Sixtus I

Pope Sixtus Sixtus I

male, deceased (125)
Pope Saint Sixtus I was pope from about 117 or 119 to 126 or 128, succeeding Pope Alexander I. In the oldest documents, Xystus is the spelling used...