Heinrich Schwabe

Heinrich Schwabe

male, deceased (1875)
Samuel Heinrich Schwabe (October 25, 1789-April 11, 1875) a German astronomer remembered for his work on sunspots. Schwabe was born at Dessau. At...
Piers Corbyn

Piers Corbyn

male, 62 years old
Piers Richard Corbyn (born 10 March 1947) is a British meteorological consultant best known for his claims of an ability to predict the weather up...
Rudolf Wolf

Rudolf Wolf

male, deceased (1893)
Johann Rudolf Wolf was a Swiss astronomer and mathematician best known for his research on sunspots. Wolf was born in Fällanden, near Zurich. He s...

David Fabricius

male, deceased (1617)
David Fabricius (March 9, 1564, Esens - May 7, 1617, Osteel) was a German theologian who made two major discoveries in the early days of telescopic...
Benedetto Castelli

Benedetto Castelli

male, deceased (1643)
Benedetto Castelli, born Antonio Castelli (1578 - April 9 1643) was an Italian mathematician. He took the name "Benedetto" upon entering the...
Edward Walter Maunder

Edward Walter Maunder

male, deceased (1928)
Edward Walter Maunder (April 12 1851 - March 21 1928) was an English astronomer best remembered for his study of sunspots and the solar magnetic...
John Evershed

John Evershed

male, deceased (1956)
John Evershed (1864 - 1956) was a British astronomer. He was the first to observe radial motions in sunspots, a phenomenon known as the Evershed...
Horace W. Babcock

Horace W. Babcock

male, deceased (2003)
Horace Welcome Babcock (September 13 1912 - August 29 2003) was an American astronomer. He was the son of Harold D. Babcock. He invented and built...
Robin Hill

Robin Hill

male, deceased (1991)
Robert Hill FRS (April 2, 1899-March 15, 1991), known as Robin Hill, was a British plant biochemist who, in 1939, demonstrated the 'Hill reaction'...

Richard Christopher Carrington

male, deceased (1875)
Richard Christopher Carrington (May 26 1826 - November 27 1875) was an English amateur astronomer who discovered the differential rotation of the...