History of Astronomy : Persons

History of Astronomy: Persons (F)

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• Fabri [Fabry; Lefèvre], Honoré (1607-1688)
  • Biographical data and references
  • Short biography and references (MacTutor Hist. Math.)
  • Short biography and references
    From the Catholic Encyclopedia, 1913
• Fabricius, David (1564-1617)
  • Short biography
  • Very short biography
• Fabricius, Johannes (1587-1616)
  • Short biography
• Fabry, Marie Paul Auguste Charles (1867-1945)
  • Very short biography
• Fairbank, William Martin (1917-1989)
  • Very short biography
• Fairfax Somerville, Mary: see Somerville, Mary Fairfax Greig (1780-1872)
• Falck, Anders (1740-1796)
  • Very short biographical data and links
    With a short biography in Swedish.
• Faraday, Michael (1791-1867)
  • Short biography and references (Eric Weisstein's Treasure Trove)
• Fatou, Pierre Joseph Louis (1878-1929)
  • Short biography and references (MacTutor Hist. Math.)
• Faulkner, Don (20th c.)
  • Very short biography
• Faye, Hervé-Auguste-Etienne-Albans [Hervá Auguste Etienne] (1814-1902)
  • Short biography
    From the Catholic Encyclopedia, 1913
  • Very short biography
• Fermat, Pierre de (1601-1665)
  • Biography
  • Short biography and references (MacTutor Hist. Math.)
  • Short biography and reference (Eric Weisstein's Treasure Trove)
• Fermi, Enrico (1901-1954)
  • Very short biography and references (Eric Weisstein's Treasure Trove)
• Fernel, Jean François (c.1497-1558)
  • Biographical data and references
  • Short biography and references (in German)
• Ferrari, Ludovico [Lodovico] (1522-1565)
  • Biographical data and references
  • Short biography and references (MacTutor Hist. Math.)
  • Very short biography (Eric Weisstein's Treasure Trove)
• Ferrari d'Occhieppo, Konradin (b. 1907)
  • Very short biography (Or see German version.)
• Ferrel, William (1817-1891)
  • Very short biography
• Feuillée, Louis (1660-1732)
  • Biographical data and references
• Feynman, Richard Phillips (1918-1988)
  • Very short biography
  • Very short biography and links
  • Feynman, Richard, et al.: Feynman's Lost Lecture : The Motion of Planets Around the Sun, 1996
  • The Dr. Richard Feynman Observatory
    Including links to pages about Feynman.
  • Links (especially bibliographical) to WWW sources
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• Feyjóo y Montenegro, Benito Jerónimo (1676-1764)
  • Short biography
    From the Catholic Encyclopedia, 1913
• Filchner, Wilhelm (1877-1957)
  • Very short biography
• Fincke, Edward Michael (b. 1967)
  • Biographical data
• Fincke, Thomas: see Fink, Thomas (1561-1656)
• Finé, Oronce (1494-1555)
  • Biographical data and references
  • Very short biography and references (MacTutor Hist. Math.)
• Fink [Fincke], Thomas (1561-1656)
  • Biographical data and references
  • Short biography and references (MacTutor Hist. Math.)
• Fisher, Ronald Aylmer (1890-1962)
  • Short biography and references (MacTutor Hist. Math.)
• Fitzgerald [FitzGerald], George Francis (1851-1901)
  • Short biography and references (MacTutor Hist. Math.)
  • Short biography (Eric Weisstein's Treasure Trove)
• Fitzpatrick, John (1807-1881)
  • Very short biography and archival sources
• Fixlmüller [Fixlmillner], Placidus (1721-1791)
  • Short biography and references
    From the Catholic Encyclopedia, 1913
  • Very short biography and reference (Or see German version.)
• Fizeau, Armand-Hippolyte-Louis [Armand Hippolyte Louis] (1819-1896)
  • Short biography and references
    From the Catholic Encyclopedia, 1913
  • Short biography and reference (in German)
  • Very short biography
  • Very short biography (Eric Weisstein's Treasure Trove)
  • Very short biography
  • Britannica Online entries
  • Crater Fizeau (lunar feature)
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• Flammarion, Nicolas Camille (1842-1925)
  • Very short biography and about his L'astronomia popolare
  • Very short biography
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• Flamsteed, John (1646-1719)
  • Biographical data and references
  • Short biography and references (MacTutor Hist. Math.)
  • Short biography
  • Short biography (Eric Weisstein's Treasure Trove)
  • Very short biography and reference
  • Very short biography
  • Flamsteed's 1681 Lunar Theory, by Nicholas Kollerstrom
  • Atlas Coelestis, 1729
  • Atlas Coelestis, 1753
• Fleckenstein, Joachim Otto (1914-1980)
  • Index of archival sources (in German, partly in French and Italian)
• Fleming, John Adam (1877-1956)
  • Very short biography
• Fleming, Williamina ["Mina"] Paton Stevens (1857-1911)
  • Short biography and references
  • Short biography
  • Very short biography (Eric Weisstein's Treasure Trove)
  • Very short biography
  • Short biographical data
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• Flemløse, Peder Jakobsen (1554-1598)
  • Very short biographical data and links
• Fludd, Robert (1574-1637)
  • Very short biography
• Foerster, Wilhelm Julius (1832-1921)
  • Short biography (in German)
  • (6771) Foerster
  • Forschungen zum "Foerster-Trio" in Potsdam (in German) (21 Oct 1997: disappeared)
  • Wilhelm-Foerster-Sternwarte, Berlin, Germany (in German)
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• Foggini, Giulio (16--? - 17--?)
  • Short biography
• Fontenelle, Bernard le Bouyer de [Bernhard le Bovier de] (1657-1757)
  • Short biography and references (MacTutor Hist. Math.)
  • Very short biography (Eric Weisstein's Treasure Trove)
• Forbes, George (1849-1936)
  • Very short biography
• Forest, Lee de (1873-1961)
  • Very short biography (Eric Weisstein's Treasure Trove)
• Forster, Thomas Ignatius Maria (1789-1860)
  • Short biography and references
    From the Catholic Encyclopedia, 1913
• Foscarini, Paolo Antonio (1565-1616)
  • Short biography and relation to Galileo
• Foucault, Jean Bernard Léon [Jean-Bertrand-Léon] (1819-1868)
  • Short biography and references
  • Short biography
    From the Catholic Encyclopedia, 1913
  • Short biography (Eric Weisstein's Treasure Trove)
  • Short biography (in German)
  • Very short biography
  • Very short biography and links
  • Very short biography
  • Le Pendule de Foucault (in French)
  • Léon-Foucault-Gymnasium Hoyerswerda (in German)
• Fourier, Jean Baptiste Joseph (1768-1830)
  • Biography and references (MacTutor Hist. Math.)
  • Biography and references
  • Short biography and references (in German)
  • Very short biography (Eric Weisstein's Treasure Trove)
• Fowler, Alfred (1868-1940)
  • Short biography, photo, references, and links (Bruce medal.)
• Fowler, William Alfred (1911-1995)
  • Short biography, photo, references, and links (Bruce medal.)
  • Short biography (Eric Weisstein's Treasure Trove)
  • The Nobel Prize in Physics 1983
    Including an autobiography.
  • Very short biographical data and links
  • Very short biography
  • Very short biography
  • Portraits
• Fracastoro, Girolamo (c. 1478-1553)
  • Biographical data and references
  • Very short biography
• Fraenkel, Adolf Abraham Halevi (1891-1965)
  • Short biography and references (MacTutor Hist. Math.)
• Franck, James (1882-1964)
  • Very short biography (Eric Weisstein's Treasure Trove)
• Francoeur, Louis Benjamin (1773-1849)
  • Short biography and references (MacTutor Hist. Math.)
• Franklin, Benjamin (1706-1790)
  • Very short biography (Eric Weisstein's Treasure Trove)
• Franz, Joseph (1704-1776)
  • Very short biography (Or see German version.)
• Fraunhofer, Joseph von (1787-1826)
  • Biography and reference (in German)
  • Short biography and references
    From the Catholic Encyclopedia, 1913
  • Short biography
  • Short biography
  • Short biography (in German)
  • Very short biography (Eric Weisstein's Treasure Trove)
  • Very short biography
  • Fraunhofer lines
  • Fraunhofersche Linien (in German)
  • Historische Fraunhofer-Glashütte, Benediktbeuern (in German)
  • Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft
  • Joseph-von-Fraunhofer-Gymnasium, Cham, Germany (in German)
  • Gasthaus Fraunhofer, Munich (in German)
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• Fredga, Kerstin (b. 1935)
  • Very short biographical data and links
• Fredholm, Erik Ivar (1866-1927)
  • Short biography and references (MacTutor Hist. Math.)
  • Very short biography (Eric Weisstein's Treasure Trove)
• Freeman, Thomas (?-1821)
  • Very short biography
• Frenet, Jean Frédéric (1816-1900)
  • Short biography and references (MacTutor Hist. Math.)
• Fresnel, Augustin (1788-1827)
  • Short biography and references (MacTutor Hist. Math.)
  • Short biography (Eric Weisstein's Treasure Trove)
• Freundlich, Erwin Finlay [Finlay-Freundlich, Erwin] (1885-1964)
  • Short biography and references (MacTutor Hist. Math.)
  • Very short biography
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• Freycinet, Louis Claude Desaulses de (1779-1842)
  • Very short biography
• Friedman, Herbert (b. 1916)
  • Very short biography
• Friedmann [Fridman], Aleksandr [Alexander] Aleksandrovich (1888-1925)
  • Short biography and references (MacTutor Hist. Math.)
  • Short biography
  • Very short biography (Eric Weisstein's Treasure Trove)
• Friedrich II. [Frederick II] (1194-250)
  • Short biography and references
• Friedrich III. (1415-1493)
  • Short biography and references (Or see German version.)
• Frisi, Paolo (1728-1784)
  • Short biography
• Frost, Edwin Brant (1866-1935)
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• Frost, Robert Lee (1874-1963)
  • In Quest of Robert Frost, by Katharena Eiermann
    Includes biography, essays, poems, articles, photos, etc.
  • Very short biography and poems related to astronomy
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• Furber, Thomas Frederick (1855-1924)
  • Short biographical data and bibliography
  • Very short biography (under construction)
• Fuss, Nicolaus (1755-1826)
  • Short biography and references (MacTutor Hist. Math.)

Wolfgang R. Dick Created: 16 Jan 1995. Latest update: 19 Sep 2003