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Brahe, Tycho (14)
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Galilei, Galileo (12)
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Kepler, Johannes (8)
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Cassini, Giovanni (2)
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Herschel, Sir William (5)
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Rømer, Ole (5)
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Chandrasekhar, Subrahmanyan (6)
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Hubble, Edwin (2)
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Sagan, Carl (15)
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Copernicus, Nicolas (5)
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So Who Is this Challis Bloke Anyway? Short description of Professor James Challis, the almost-discoverer of Neptune. http://www.winwaed.com/comp/challis/challis_bio.shtml Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Memoirs of a Space Engineer Stories from Doug Rickard's memoirs and his involvement in the early exploration of space. http://www.abc.net.au/science/slab/memoirs/default.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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History of Astronomy Short biographies of several less well known British astronomers. http://www.u-net.com/ph/astro-history/ Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Charles Messier Highly detailed biography including links to his full catalogue of 110 objects. http://www.messiermarathon.com/about.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Women in Astronomy, 1880-1920 Biographical information of Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin and other Harvard women. Includes photographs and links. http://physics.carleton.edu/Astro/pages/marga_michele/WomenAstronomers.html Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Christiaan Huygens Short biography of Christiaan Huygens (1629-1695). http://me.in-berlin.de/~jd/himmel/astro/Huygens-e.html Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Jean Houzeau in Jamaica Detailed biography of Belgian astronomer, Jean Charles Houzeau (1820-1888) http://joyousjam.tripod.com/jeanhouzeauinjamaica/ Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Links to Astronomer Biographies Short biographies of Argelander, Bürgel, Cassini, Celsius, Encke, Fermat, Goodricke, Huygens, and Scheiner written by Jens Dengler. [Also in German] http://me.in-berlin.de/~jd/himmel/hotlist.html#myop Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Holders of the Post of British Astronomer Royal Notable achievements and timelines of Flamsteed, Halley, Bradley, Bliss, Maskelyne, Pond, Airy, Christie, Dyson, H.S. Jones, and Wooley (covering 1675 to 1971). http://members.tripod.com/~UpSky2/ARs.html Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Hodierna's Deep Sky Observations Catalogue of Giovanni Batista Hodierna's (1597-1660) long forgotten observations; detailed information about each object. http://seds.lpl.arizona.edu/messier/xtra/similar/hodierna.html Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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History of Astronomy: Persons Catalogue of biographical links covering hundreds prominent astronomers, past and present. [Also in German] http://www.astro.uni-bonn.de/~pbrosche/hist_astr/ha_pers.html Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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The Bruce Medalists Brief biographies, photos, and links to winners of this annual award for lifetime contributions to astronomy. http://www.phys-astro.sonoma.edu/BruceMedalists/ Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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People in the History of Astronomy Short biographies of Pythagoras, Ptolemy, Copernicus, Kepler, Galileo, Newton, Halley, Einstein, and Hawking. http://www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/Launchpad/4515/HISTORY.html Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Sir Robert Ball (1840-1913) Victorian Astronomer Detailed biographical information of British astronomer and lecturer. http://www.geocities.com/ziksby/index.html Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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