Biography Category
(y ´hän l t´v kh ´m l) (KEY) , 1852–1926, Danish astronomer, b. Copenhagen, who worked in Great Britain. He was assistant astronomer at the ear...
(lw zhäN mär ´ d bäNtôN´) (KEY) , 1716–1800, French naturalist. He was a professor at the Collège de France from 1778; his work touched many...
(zhäN bät st´ zhôz f´ d läN´br ) (KEY) , 1749–1822, French astronomer and mathematician. He was a member of the bureau of longitudes from 179...
(j vän´n bät-t s´tä d nä´t ) (KEY) , 1826–73, Italian astronomer, b. Pisa. Serving as director of the Florence Observatory from 1864, he was...
(d ´s n) (KEY) , 1868–1939, English astronomer, b. Ashby-de-la-Zouch, grad. Cambridge. He was astronomer royal of Scotland (1905–10) and of Engla...
(j r s´ ) (KEY) , 1929–, American organic chemist and educator, b. Vienna, Austria. He received his Ph.D. from the Univ. of Wisconsin (1945) and, s...