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Born May 21, 1839 • Sweden
Died November 10, 1914 (aged 75) • Stockholm • Sweden
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Bertil Lindblad
Swedish astronomer
Anders Celsius, detail from a drawing by an unknown artist, 18th century.
Anders Celsius
Swedish astronomer
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Fred L. Whipple
American astronomer
Johannes Kepler
Johannes Kepler
German astronomer
Nicolaus Copernicus
Nicolaus Copernicus
Polish astronomer
Galileo
Galileo
Italian natural philosopher, astronomer, and mathematician
Giordano Bruno
Giordano Bruno
Italian philosopher
Engraving of six astronomers, with Hipparchus seated at center and, from left to right, Galileo, Johannes Hevelius, Tycho Brahe, Nicolaus Copernicus, and Ptolemy standing, each holding scientific instruments.
Hipparchus
Greek astronomer
William Herschel
William Herschel
British-German astronomer
Al-Bīrūnī, Afghan commemorative stamp, 1973.
al-Bīrūnī
Persian scholar and scientist
Engraving portrait of Carl Friedrich Gauss wearing a cap and formal 19th-century clothing, with detailed shading around his face and upper body.
Carl Friedrich Gauss
German mathematician
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Henry Norris Russell
American astronomer
Roger Bacon
Roger Bacon
English philosopher and educational reformer
How did Ptolemy explain retrograde motion?
Ptolemy
Egyptian astronomer, mathematician, and geographer
Painting of Danish astronomer Tycho Brahe wearing a black robe with a white ruffled collar and a gold chain necklace with a large pendant.
Tycho Brahe
Danish astronomer
Edmond Halley
Edmond Halley
British scientist
Sima Qian
Sima Qian
Chinese historian and scientist
Vera Rubin
Vera Rubin
American astronomer

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