astronomer Archive

Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - In part 1 we talked about how an astronomer combined scientific and historical data leading him to think he had located a big

A. Sutherland  - AncientPages.com -  In ancient sources, Aglaonice (also Aganice) is mentioned as the first Greek female astronomer of the 2nd or 1st century BC and natural philosopher.

A. Sutherland - Ancient Pages.com - The Polish astronomer, Nicolaus Copernicus (1473 -1543) made crucial observations in Rome in 1500. Copernicus's heliocentric worldview was revolutionary and ended the old

AncientPages.com - Johannes Kepler (1571-1630) is one of the world’s most famous astronomers. He defended Copernicus’s sun-centered universe and discovered that planets move in ellipses. Born in Weil der

AncientPages.com - On December 22, 1911, Grote Reber, amateur astronomer and radio engineer, was born in Chicago. He was a ham radio operator, studied radio engineering, and worked

AncientPages.com - On November 27, 1701, Anders Celsius, a Swedish astronomer, physicist, and mathematician (1701-1744), was born. He invented the centigrade (Celsius) temperature scale commonly used in Europe and founded

A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Thales of Miletus is counted among the seven sages of ancient Greece. He is considered the father of Greek mathematics, as well as

AncientPages.com - On June 2, 1858, Comet Donati was first observed by astronomer Giovanni Battista Donati in Florence, Italy. Donati Comet is considered one of the most spectacular astronomical

Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - Jang Yeong-sil, (c. 1390 - after 1442) was a Korean scientist and astronomer during the Joseon Dynasty (1392–1897). He was without doubt an ancient genius who contributed greatly to the