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Charles Todd (astronomer) — For other people of the same name, see Charles Todd (disambiguation). Sir Charles Todd KCMG (7 July 1826 – 29 January 1910) worked at the Royal Greenwich Observatory 1841 1847 and the Cambridge University observatory from 1847 1854. He then… … Wikipedia
Jacob's staff — with four transom For the plant known as the ocotillo, sometimes called the Jacob s staff, see ocotillo. The Jacob s staff, also called a cross staff, a ballastella, a fore staff, or a balestilha is used to refer to several things. This can lead… … Wikipedia
Philip Fox (astronomer) — Infobox Military Person name= Philip Fox born= March 7, 1878 died= Death date and age|1944|7|21|1878|3|7|df=yes placeofbirth= Manhattan, Kansas placeofdeath= Boston, Massachusetts caption= nickname= allegiance= United States of America branch=… … Wikipedia
Hans Scholl (astronomer) — Hans Scholl is a German astronomer working at the Côte d Azur Observatory in Nice, France. In 1999, he was part of a team that discovered the satellites Prospero, Setebos and Stephano of the planet Uranus.External links* [http://www.obs… … Wikipedia
Zoran Knežević (astronomer) — Zoran Knežević (Serbian Cyrillic: Зоран Кнежевић, born 23 August 1949 in Osijek) is a Serbian astronomer, who has been publishing since 1982. His major scientific contributions are in the field of movement of small celestial bodies. As of 2002,… … Wikipedia
Guillermo Gonzalez (astronomer) — Guillermo Gonzalez (born 1963 in Havana, Cuba) is an astrophysicist and notable proponent of intelligent design, and is a professor at Grove City College, an evangelical Christian school, in Grove City, Pennsylvania. He is a senior fellow of the… … Wikipedia
Wu Xian (astronomer) — Wu Xian (Chinese: 巫咸) was a Chinese astronomer who supposedly lived in the Shang Dynasty (c. 1600 ndash;1046) of China. He is considered as one of the main ancient Chinese astronomers alongside more historical figures such as Gan De and Shi Shen … Wikipedia
Richard Klein (astronomer) — Richard Klein is an Adjunct Professor of Astronomy at the University of California, Berkeley and a Scientific Staff Member at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL). Klein received his bachelor s degree in physics from Rensselaer… … Wikipedia
List of Russian astronomers and astrophysicists — Staff of the Pulkovo Observatory (around 1883–1886). Otto Wilhelm von Struve is in the center. This list of Russian astronomers and astrophysicists includes the famous astronomers, astrophysicists and cosmologists from the Russian Empire, the… … Wikipedia
RUSSELL, Henry Chamberlain (1836-1907) — astronomer son of the Hon. Bourn Russell, M.L.C., was born at West Maitland, New South Wales, on 17 March 1836. He was educated at West Maitland grammar school and the university of Sydney, where he took his B.A. degree in 1859. He joined the… … Dictionary of Australian Biography