Ask the Chatbot Games & Quizzes History & Society Science & Tech Biographies Animals & Nature Geography & Travel Arts & Culture ProCon Money Videos

Roger Angel: Quick Facts

Written and fact-checked by
The Information Architects of Encyclopaedia Britannica

The Information Architects maintain a master list of the topics included in the corpus of  Encyclopædia Britannica, and create and manage the relationships between them.
The Information Architects of Encyclopaedia Britannica

Facts

Also Known As James Roger Prior Angel
Born February 7, 1941 (age 85) • Saint Helens
Subjects Of Study astronomy • global warming • solar cell
William Herschel
William Herschel
British-German astronomer
default image
George Ellery Hale
American astronomer
David Rittenhouse
David Rittenhouse
American astronomer and inventor
default image
Jerry Earl Nelson
American telescope designer and astronomer
Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin
Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin
British-born American astronomer
default image
Ernest William Brown
British mathematician and astronomer
Standish, portrait by an unknown artist
Myles Standish
American colonist
Galileo
Galileo
Italian natural philosopher, astronomer, and mathematician
James Gregory.
James Gregory
Scottish mathematician and astronomer
default image
John Stanley Plaskett
Canadian astronomer
default image
Fred L. Whipple
American astronomer
default image
Henry Norris Russell
American astronomer
Edwin Hubble
Edwin Hubble
American astronomer
Vera Rubin
Vera Rubin
American astronomer
Arthur Stanley Eddington.
Arthur Eddington
British scientist
John Herschel
Sir John Herschel, 1st Baronet
English astronomer
Al Gore speaks at a podium with two microphones, gesturing with his right hand, in front of a blue backdrop with a partial white emblem.
Al Gore
vice president of United States
Lovell, Sir Bernard
Sir Bernard Lovell
English radio astronomer
Simon Newcomb, c. 1905.
Simon Newcomb
American astronomer and mathematician
Jane Luu
Jane Luu
American astronomer

Related Quizzes

Nicolaus Copernicus. Nicolas Copernicus (1473-1543) Polish astronomer. In 1543 he published, forward proof of a Heliocentric (sun centered) universe. Coloured stipple engraving published London 1802. De revolutionibus orbium coelestium libri vi.
All About Astronomy
Michael Faraday (L) English physicist and chemist (electromagnetism) and John Frederic Daniell (R) British chemist and meteorologist who invented the Daniell cell.
Faces of Science