Carl Friedrich Gauss

Carl Friedrich Gauss

male, deceased (1855)
Johann Carl Friedrich Gauss or Gauß (30 April 1777 - 23 February 1855) was a German mathematician and scientist of profound genius who c...
Friedrich Robert Helmert

Friedrich Robert Helmert

male, deceased (1917)
Friedrich Robert Helmert was a celebrated German geodesist and an important writer on the theory of errors. After schooling in Freiberg and Dresden...
Abū Rayhān Al-Bīrūnī

Abū Rayhān Al-Bīrūnī

male, deceased (1048)
"'"' (September 15 973 in Kath, Khwarezm - December 13 1048 in Ghazni) was a Persian Muslim universal genius of the 11th Century, whose experiments...
William Lambton

William Lambton

male, deceased (1823)
William Lambton, FRS (c.1756 – January 19, 1823) was a British soldier, surveyor, and geographer. Lambton was the Superintendent of the Tr...
Alexander Ross Clarke

Alexander Ross Clarke

male, deceased (1914)
Alexander Ross Clarke (1828-1914) was a British geodesist, primarily remembered for his work defining different reference ellipsoids approximating...
Felix Andries Vening Meinesz

Felix Andries Vening Meinesz

male, deceased (1966)
Felix Andries Vening Meinesz (the Hague July 30 1887 - Amersfoort August 10 1966) was a Dutch geophysicist and geodetist. He is known for his...

Hervé Faye

male, deceased (1902)
Hervé Auguste Étienne Albans Faye was a French astronomer, born at Saint-Benoît-du-Sault (Indre) and educated at the Ecole Polytechnique, which he...
Seth Carlo Chandler

Seth Carlo Chandler

male, deceased (1913)
Seth Carlo Chandler, Jr. (September 16 1846 - December 31 1913) was an American astronomer. He was born in Boston, Massachusetts. During his last...
George Dollond

George Dollond

male
George Dollond (1774-1852) was an English optician who constructed optical precision instruments used in astronomy, geodesy and also in navigation....
Paul Guldin

Paul Guldin

male, deceased (1643)
Paul Guldin (original name Habakkuk Guldin) (June 12, 1577 - November 3, 1643) was a Swiss mathematician and astronomer. He discovered the Guldinus...