This month’s update contains 17 lives of astronomers, whose work ranged from observations of the transit of Venus in 1761 to the study of galaxies in the 1990s, curated by Paul Murdin.
Read his introduction and the summary of new content here
New and updated subjects - August 2020
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Adams, John Franklin- (1843–1912), astronomer and astrophotographer
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Busbridge, Ida Winifred (1908–1988), mathematician
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Dingle, Herbert (1890–1978), physicist, historian and philosopher of science
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Edney, David James Reginald (1875–1964), meteorologist and astronomer
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Elger, Thomas Gwyn Empy (1836–1897), civil engineer and astronomer
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Elson, Rebecca Anne Wood (Becky) (1960–1999), astronomer and poet
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Evans, David Stanley (1916–2004), astronomer
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Hey, James Stanley (1909-2000), radio astronomer and physicist
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Kopal, Zdeněk (1914–1993), astronomer
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Mees, (Charles Edward) Kenneth (1882–1960), chemist and photographic scientist
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Monck, (William Henry) Stanley (1839–1915), lawyer, philosopher, and astronomer
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Porter, John Guy (1900–1981), astronomer and broadcaster
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Tennant, James Francis (1829–1915), army officer and astronomer
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Thackeray, (Andrew) David (1910–1978), astronomer
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Twiss, Richard Quintin (1920–2005), mathematician and astronomer
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Waddington, Robert (d. 1779), mathematician
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Williams, John (1797–1874), astronomer and Egyptologist
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