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PTOLEMY, Claudius Ptolemaeus ( c. AD 100 - c. AD 170). Egyptian astronomer, mathematician and geographer. Almagest
Opere de Galileo GalileiIllustration from chapter 2, volume I, of the " Opere de Galileo Galilei", the works of Italian mathematician, physicist and astronomer, Galileo Galilei (1564-1642)
Kepler, Johannes (1571-1630)
COPERNICUS, Nicolaus (1473-1543). Polish astronomer. De Revolutionibus Orbium Coelestium. Photography
Newton, Sir Isaac (1642-1727). English mathematician, physicist and astronomer. Page from the book Philosophiae Naturalis Principia
GUADAGNINI, Gaetano (1800-1860). Italian engraver" GUADAGNINI, Gaetano (1800-1860). Italian engraver.; Newton, Sir Isaac (1642-1727). English mathematician, physicist and astronomer. Portrait of Isaac Newton, work by Gaetano Guadagnini
Hevelius, Johannes (1611-1687). German astronomer
Map of the Iberian Peninsula. Edition of " Cosmographia" in 1456. Claudius Ptolemaeus Ptolemy ( c. AD 100 - c. AD 170). Egyptian astronomer, mathematician and geographer
Illustration of the Pleiads, 1923Illustration showing a view of the Pleiads star cluster, enshrouded in star dust, drawn by Scriven Bolton, an astronomer-artist, in 1923. Date: 10/03/1923
Sthius CalvisiusSETHIUS CALVISIUS German astronomer, poet and scholar, musician and chronologer - whatever that means ! Date: 1556 - 1615
Landscape with stream, stars and hunters, by Charles Piazzi Smyth (1819-1900), astronomer and artist, uncle of Robert. 19th century
Bailly GuillotinedJean-Sylvain Bailly, astronomer, mayor of Paris and notable supporter of the Revolution, is himself a victim of the Reign of Terror. Date: 12 November 1793
William Robert BrooksWILLIAM ROBERT BROOKS English-born astronomer in USA who built his own telescope at age 14. His speciality was comets, of which he discovered several. Also wrote poetry. Date: 1844 - 1921
Tycho Brahe (Gheyn)TYCHO BRAHE Danish astronomer Date: 1546 - 1601
Brahe - StjarneborgDanish astronomer BRAHEs observatory at Stjarneborg, near his castle on the island of Hven. Date: 1576
Brahe - OraniborgDanish astronomer BRAHEs megalomaniac castle at Uraniborg (or Uranienborg) on the island of Hven Date: 1576
Flammarion and TelescopeCAMILLE FLAMMARION - French astronomer, towards the end of his life, with a telescope. Date: 1842 - 1925
Hugo GyldenHUGO GYLDEN Swedish astronomer Date: 1841 - 1896
Ptolemy (De Brij)CLAUDIUS PTOLEMAIUS Alexandrian astronomer, mathematician and geographer Date: 2ND CENTURY
Schiaparellis map of the planet MarsA map of the surface of the planet Mars by the Italian astronomer and historian of science, Giovanni Schiaparelli. Date: 1881/2
Magini / Antonio / Anon EngGIOVANNI ANTONIO MAGINI Italian mathematician and astronomer Date: 1555 - 1617
Sir George Biddell Airy (1801-1892)Engraved portrait of Sir George Biddell Airy (1801-1892), the English Astronomer Royal, pictured in 1858
Edmund Halley / Dahl / FryEDMUND HALLEY Astronomer
Ptolemy (Munster)CLAUDIUS PTOLEMAIUS Alexandrian astronomer, mathematician and geographer
Jfw Herschel / Anon EngSIR JOHN FREDERICK WILLIAM HERSCHEL Astronomer; a founder (1820) of Royal Astronomical Society
Edmund Halley / OvalEDMUND HALLEY Astronomer
Herschel / PickersgillSIR JOHN FREDERICK WILLIAM HERSCHEL Astronomer; a founder (1820) of the Royal Astronomical Society and President of the British Association (1845)
Astronomer Looks at SunAn astronomer looks at the sun through a telescope, while two colleagues confer at his side (illustration to Aesops Fable: The Monster in the Sun)
Jerome De Lalande - 3JOSEPH-JEROME LE FRANCAIS DE LALANDE French astronomer, directory of Paris Observatory, catalogued nearly 50, 000 stars
Using Armillary SphereAn astronomer using an ARMILLARY SPHERE whose rings show the equator, tropics, polar circles and so forth
Indian AstronomerAn Indian Astronomer studies his charts
Donald H MenzelAstronomer, author of three books taking a strongly sceptical approach to UFOs, considering them largely to be natural phenomena
Friedrich Wilhelm BesselFRIEDRICH WILHELM BESSEL Prussian astronomer
Paolo ToscanelliPAOLO TOSCANELLI Italian astronomer
Lambert QueteletLAMBERT ADOLPHE QUETELET Belgian astronomer and statistician
Johannes Kepler / MackenziJOHANNES KEPLER German astronomer
Joseph Norman LockyerSir Joseph Norman Lockyer Astronomer
Tunnel through EarthThe French astronomer Flammarion proposes a tunnel through the Earth
Le Verrier / AstronomerURBAIN-JEAN-JOSEPH LE VERRIER French astronomer working by lamplight in his study
P. L. M. De MaupertuisPIERRE LOUIS MOREAU DE MAUPERTUIS French mathematician, astronomer and philosopher
Johannes Hevel and WifeJOHANNES HEVEL Known as HEVELIUS German-Polish astronomer, and his wife observe the stars
FINE ( 1491 - 1555 )ORONCE FINE (FINAEUS) - French mathematician and astronomer
John Couch AdamsJOHN COUCH ADAMS Astronomer
ANGSTROM (1814 - 1874)ANDERS JOHAN ANGSTROM Swedish astronomer & physicist, gave his name to a unit of length one hundred millionth of a centimetre
Fw Herschel / Euro Magsir FREDERICK WILLIAM HERSCHEL German-English astronomer
Ptolemy, Alexandrian astronomer, mathematician and geographer
Airy / Sambourne / PunchSIR GEORGE BIDDELL AIRY Astronomer Royal 1835-1881, depicted with the red time ball of the Greenwich Observatory
Ra Proctor / Vfair 1883RICHARD ANTHONY PROCTOR English astronomer and writer