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Biographical notes

Brief biographical information about famous deep sky observers of yore.

A

  1. A. Abetti (1846-1928)
  2. R.G. Aitken (1864-1951)
  3. Richard Hinckley Allen (–-1908)
  4. D. Alter (1888-1968)
  5. G. Alter (1891-1972)
  6. Victor Amazaspovich Ambarzumian (1908-1996)
  7. A. Ames (–-1932)
  8. Robert d'Escourt Atkinson (1898-1982)
  9. A. v. Auwers (1838-1915)

B

  1. W. Baade (1893-1960)
  2. S.I. Bailey (1854-1931)
  3. R.S. Ball (1840-1913)
  4. E.E. Barnard (1857-1923)
  5. C.E. Barns (1862-1937)
  6. F.E. Baxandall (1868-1929)
  7. A. Becvar (1901-1965)
  8. C.O.E. Bergstrand (1873-1948)
  9. G. Bigourdan (1851-1932)
  10. Bart Jan Bok (1906-1083)
  11. L. Boss (1846-1912)
  12. J.A. Brashear (1840-1920)
  13. S.W. Burnham (1838-1921)
  14. Robert Burnham Jr. (1931-1993)

C

  1. W.W. Campbell (1862-1938)
  2. A.J. Cannon (1863-1941)
  3. C.L.V. Charlier (1862-1934)
  4. Agnes Mary Clerke (1843-1907)
  5. Andrew Ainslie Common (1841-1903)
  6. Ralph Copeland (1837-1905)
  7. A.C.D. Crommelin (1865-1939)
  8. H.D. Curtis (1872-1942)

D

  1. A. Danjon (1890-1967)
  2. Gérard de Vaucouleurs (1918-1995)
  3. W.F. Denning (1848-1931)
  4. P. Doig (1882-1952)
  5. J.L.E. Dreyer (1852-1926)

E

  1. T.H.E.C. Espin (1858-1934)

F

  1. C. Flammarion (1842-1925)
  2. E.B. Frost (1866-1935)

G

  1. Johann Gottfried Galle (1812-1910)
  2. H. Grubb (1844-1931)
  3. C.S. Gum (–-1960)

H

  1. H. Haffner (1912-1977)
  2. J.G. Hagen (1847-1930)
  3. G.E. Hale (1868-1938)
  4. Asaph Hall (1829-1907)
  5. E.R. Hicks (1845-1927)
  6. A.R. Hogg (1903-1966)
  7. F.S. Hogg (1904-1951)
  8. E.S. Holden (1846-1914)
  9. E. P. Hubble (1889-1953)
  10. Sir W. Huggins (1824-1910)
  11. M.L. Humason (1891-1972)
  12. W.J. Hussey (1862-1926)

I

  1. R.T.A. Innes (1861-1933)

J

  1.  

K

  1. James Edward Keeler (1857-1900)
  2. H. Kobold (1858-1942)
  3. E. Kron (1881-1917)

L

  1. E.M. Lindsay (1907-1974)
  2. K.E. Lundmark (1889-1958)

M

  1. P.J. Melotte (1880-1961)
  2. P.W. Merrill (1887-1961)
  3. J.H. Metcalf (1860-1925)
  4. R. Minkowski (1895-1976)

N

  1.  

O

  1.  

P

  1. J.S. Paraskevopoulos (1889-1951)
  2. E.C. Pickering (1846-1919)

Q

  1.  

R

  1. F.W. Ristenpart (1868-1913)
  2. Earl of Rosse (Lawrence Parsons) (1840-1908)
  3. George Friedrich Wilhelm Rümker (1832-1900)

S

  1. C.K. Seyfert (1911-1960)

T

  1. R.J. Trumpler (1886-1956)

U

  1.  

V

  1. Hans Vehrenberg (1910-1991)

W

  1.  

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