History of Astronomy : Persons

History of Astronomy: Persons (K)

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• Kaiser, Frederik [Frederick] (1808-1872)
  • Short biography (in Dutch)
  • Short biography (in Dutch)
  • Leidsch Astronomisch Dispuut `F. Kaiser' (in Dutch)
  • Find more about F. Kaiser with Alta Vista
• Kaiser, Wilhelm (1895-1983)
  • Index of archival sources (in German)
• Kant, Immanuel (1724-1804)
  • Immanuel Kant - Information Online (most in German)
  • Short biography and references (in German)
  • Short biography (Eric Weisstein's Treasure Trove)
  • Short biography
  • Short biography
  • Kant's System of Perspectives, by Stephen Palmquist
    • The Architectonic Form of Kant's Copernican System
  • Hume, Kant, and Rational Theism, by Hugo Meynell
    With some examples from the history of astronomy.
  • Kant, Immanuel: Allgemeine Naturgeschichte und Theorie des Himmels, 1755
    "Universal Natural History and Theory of Heaven". German text and a new English translation by Ian C. Johnston.
  • Kant on the Web
• Kapahi, Vijay K. (1944-1999)
  • Obituary
    From Journal of Astrophysics and Astronomy, 1998, 19, i-ii.
• Kapteyn, Jacobus Cornelius (1851-1922)
  • Short biography, photo, references, and links (Bruce medal.)
  • The `Lost Letters' of J.C. Kapteyn, by Petra van der Heijden
    Including a short biography and references.
  • Short biography
  • Very short biography (Eric Weisstein's Treasure Trove)
  • Very short biography
  • Kapteyn Instituut, Groningen, The Netherlands
  • Jacobus Kapteyn Telescope (See also here.)
  • Kapteyn Cottage at Mount Wilson Observatory
• Kármán, Theodore [Todor] von (1881-1963)
  • Short biography and references (MacTutor Hist. Math.)
  • Very short biography
• Kästner [Kaestner], Abraham Gotthelf (1719-1800)
  • Short biography and references (MacTutor Hist. Math.)
  • Crater Kästner (lunar feature)
• Kastner, Caspar: see Castner, Caspar (1655-1709)
• Kater, Henry (1777-1835)
  • Short biography and reference (in German)
• Kay, Joseph Henry (1815?-1875)
  • Biographical data and bibliography
• Keckermann, Bartholomew (1571/73-1609(?))
  • Biographical data and references
• Keeler, James Edward (1857-1900)
  • Very short biography
  • Very short biography
  • Founded in 1895 by George E. Hale and James E. Keeler: The Astrophysical Journal Centennial by Donald E. Osterbrock
    From Astrophysical Journal, 438:1-7, 1995
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• Keill, John (1671-1721)
  • Biographical data and references
  • Short biography and references (MacTutor Hist. Math.)
• Keldysh, Mstislav Vsevolodovich (1911-1978)
  • Very short biography
• Kellner, Carl (1826-1855)
  • Short biography and reference
• Kelvin, Lord: see Thomson, William (1824-1907)
• Kemble, Lucian (1922-1999)
  • Obituaries, autobiography, and more
• Kennedy, Alexander Lorimer (1889-?)
  • Very short biographical data and bibliography
• Kepler, Johannes (1571-1630)
• Kern, Johann (1895-1975)
  • Johann-Kern-Sternwarte Wertheim, Germany (in German)
    Including a short biography.
• Kerr, Frank John (b. 1918)
  • Short biography (Eric Weisstein's Treasure Trove)
  • Short biographical data
  • Biographical data and bibliography
• Khayyam [al-Khayyam], Omar [Abu ol-Fath ebn-Ebrahim 'Omar ol-Khayyami of Nishapur] (c.1044-c.1123)
  • Short biography and references (MacTutor Hist. Math.)
  • Short biography and reference
  • Short biography (Or see here or here.)
  • Very short biography
  • Works online
• Kiddinu (340 BC - ?)
  • Very short biography (Eric Weisstein's Treasure Trove)
• Kiepenheuer, Karl-Otto [Karl Otto] (1910-1975)
  • Kiepenheuer-Institut für Sonnenphysik (KIS), Germany
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• Kindlimann, Conrad (1849-1929)
  • Short biography and about his observatory
• King, Phillip Parker (1791-1856)
  • Short biography
  • Very short biography
    Mentions that he had a small [astronomical?] observatory.
• Kingman, John Frank Charles (b. 1939)
  • Short biography and references (MacTutor Hist. Math.)
• Kino, Eusebio Francisco (c.1644-1711)
  • Short biography and references
• Kirch, Christfried (1694-1740)
  • Short biography, reference and links
• Kirch, Gottfried (1639-1710)
  • Gottfried-Kirch-Edition (in German)
    Including a short biography and an extended bibliography
  • Biographical data and references
  • Short biography and references
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• Kirch, Maria Margaretha, née Winckelmann (1670-1720)
  • Biographical data and references
  • Short biographical data
  • Very short biography
• Kircher, Athanasius (1601-1680)
  • Biographical data and references
  • Short biography and references
    From the Catholic Encyclopedia, 1913
  • Short biography
  • Iter exstaticum coeleste ..., 1660
• Kirchhoff, Gustav Robert (1824-1887)
  • Short biography and references (MacTutor Hist. Math.)
  • Short biography (Eric Weisstein's Treasure Trove)
  • Very short biography
• Kirkwood, Daniel (1814-1895)
  • Very short biography
• Kivelson, Margaret Galland (b. 1928)
  • Short biography and bibliography
• Klein, Felix Christian (1849-1925)
  • Biography and references (MacTutor Hist. Math.)
  • Short biography (Eric Weisstein's Treasure Trove)
  • Felix Klein Gymnasium Göttingen (in German)
• Klinkerfues, Ernst Friedrich Wilhelm (1827-1884)
  • Short biography and references
• Knibbs, George Handley (1858-1929)
  • Biographical data and bibliography
  • Biographical data and references
• Knorre, Ernst Christoph Friedrich (1759-1810)
  • Short biography and reference
• Knorre, Karl Friedrich (1801-1883)
  • Very short biography and references
• Knorre, Viktor (1840-1919)
  • Short biography and references
• Koffler, Andreas (1603-1651)
  • Very short biography (Or see German version.)
• Kögler, Ignaz [Ignatius] (1680-1746)
  • Short biography and references
    From the Catholic Encyclopedia, 1913
• Kollar, Rüdiger (b. 1925)
  • Short biography and autobiography (in German)
• Koller, Marian Wolfgang (1792-1866)
  • Short biography and references
    From the Catholic Encyclopedia, 1913
• Kolmogorov, Andrey Nikolayevich (1903-1987)
  • Short biography and references (MacTutor Hist. Math.)
• Kolumbus: see Columbus, Christopher (1451-1506)
• König, Albert (1871-1946)
  • Short biography
• König, Franz Niklaus (1765-1832)
  • Die Welt, eine Augenweide : Transparente Landschafts- und Sternbilder von Franz Niklaus König, von Thomas Klöti (in German)
    Including a short biography.
  • Atlas céleste (1826) (in English, German and French)
• Konkoly Thege, Miklos (1842-1916)
  • Biography
  • Biography (in Hungarian)
  • Biography (in Hungarian)
• Konrad von [of] Megenberg (c.1309-1374)
  • Short biography and references
    From the Catholic Encyclopedia, 1913
• Korff, Serge Alexander (1906-1989)
  • Very short biography
• Korolyov [Koroljow], Sergej [Sergey, Sergei] Pavlovich [Pawlowitsch] (1907-1966)
  • Short biography (Or see here.)
  • Very short biography
  • Yeltsin Renames City after Space Designer Sergei Korolyov
    Kaliningrad, a Moscow-area city. Not to be mixed with the other Kaliningrad, the former Koenigsberg.
  • Memorial house of S. P. Korolev, Moscow, Russia
  • Memorial house of S. P. Korolev (See also here.)
  • Memorial house of S. P. Korolev (in Russian)
  • Memorial house of S. P. Korolev (in Russian)
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• Kovalevskaya [Kowalewskaja], Sofia [Sophia] Vasilyevna [Wassiljewna] (1850-1891)
  • Biography and references (MacTutor Hist. Math.)
  • Biography and references
  • Short biography (in German)
  • Links to WWW sources
• Kraus, John (b. 1910)
  • We Wait and Wonder, by John Kraus
    Reminiscences about "Big Ear" Radio Observatory and SETI. With a very short biography of the author.
• Kreil, Karl (1798-1862)
  • Short biography and references
    From the Catholic Encyclopedia, 1913
• Kruskal, Martin David (b. 1925)
  • Very short biography
• Krylov, Aleksej Nikolaevich (1863-1945)
  • Short biography and references (MacTutor Hist. Math.)
  • Crater Krylov (lunar feature)
• Kuffner, Moriz von (1854-1939)
  • Very short biography and reference (Or see German version.)
  • Moriz von Kuffner and his Observatory
  • Moriz von Kuffner und seine Sternwarte (in German)
  • Very short biography (in German)
  • Kuffner-Sternwarte (Kuffner Observatory), Vienna
• Kuhn, Thomas Samuel (1922-1996)
  • Obituary
  • Obituary
  • Very short biography and references
  • Very short biography
• Kuiper, Gerard Peter (1905-1973)
  • Short biography
  • Very short biography
  • Very short biography
  • Very short biography and links
  • The Kuiper Belt
  • Kuiper Airborne Observatory
  • Gerard P. Kuiper Space Sciences Building, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, USA
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• Kumagusu, Minakata (1867-1941)
  • Short biography
• Kutter, Anton (1903-1985)
  • Short biography, references, links (H. Frommert)

Wolfgang R. Dick. Created: 16 Jan 1995. Latest update: 1 Dec 2006