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(y hä´n s g ´ôrk hä´g n) (KEY) , 1847–1930, American astronomer and mathematician, b. Austria. A Jesuit, he came in 1880 to the United States ...
( rnst h n´r kh h ´k l) (KEY) , 1834–1919, German biologist and philosopher. He taught (1862–1909) at the Univ. of Jena. An early exponent of Da...
1889–1953, American astronomer, b. Marshfield, Mo. He did research (1914–17) at Yerkes Observatory, and joined (1919) the staff of Mt. Wilson Obse...
(hûr´sh l) (KEY) , family of distinguished English astronomers.
Sir William Herschel
Sir William Herschel, 1738–1822, born Friedrich Wilhelm He...
(h l´ , hô´l ) (KEY) , 1656–1742, English astronomer and mathematician. He is particularly noted as the first astronomer to predict the return of...
(h p´s kl z) (KEY) , astronomer of ancient Greece. Some authorities place Hypsicles in the 2d cent. B.C. and some in the 2d cent. A.D. The 14th and 1...