A Short History of Astronomy (1898)/Index of Names

by Arthur Berry

INDEX OF NAMES.

Roman figures refer to the chapters, Arabic to the articles. The numbers given in brackets after the name of an astronomer are the dates of birth and death. All dates are A.D. unless otherwise stated. In cases in which an author's name occurs in several articles, the numbers of the articles in which the principal account of him or of his work is given are printed in clarendon type thus: 286. The names of living astronomers are italicised.

 

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Abul Wafa. See Wafa

Adams (1819–1892), xiii. 286, 287, 289

Adelard. See Athelard

Airy (1801–1892), x. 227 n; xiii. 281, 292

Albategnius (?–929), ii. 53; iii. 59, 66, 68 n; iv. 84, 85

Albert (of Prussia), v. 94

Albertus Magnus (13th cent.), iii. 67

Alcuin (735–804), iii. 65

Alembert, d'. See D'Alembert

Alexander, ii. 31

Alfonso X. (1223–1284), iii. 66, 68; v. 94

Al Mamun, iii. 57, 69

Al Mansur, iii. 56

Al Rasid, iii. 56

Alva, vii. 135

Anaxagoras (499 B.C.?–427 B.C.?), i. 17

Anaximander (610 B.C.–546 B.C.?), i. 11

Apian (1495–1552), iii. 69; v. 97; vii. 146

Apollonius (latter half of 3rd cent. B.C.), ii. 38, 39, 45, 51, 52 n; x. 205

Arago, xii. 254

Archimedes, ii. 52 n; iii. 62

Argelander (1799–1875), xiii. 280

Aristarchus (earlier part of 3rd cent. B.C.), ii. 24, 32, 41, 42, 54; iv. 75

Aristophanes, ii. 19

Aristotle (384 B.C.–322 B.C.), ii. 24, 27-30, 31, 47, 51, 52; iii. 56, 66, 67, 68; iv. 70, 77; v. 100; vi. 116, 121, 125, 134; viii. 163

Aristyllus (earlier part of 3rd cent. B.C.), ii. 32, 42

Arzachel (fl. 1080), iii. 61, 66

d'Ascoli, Cecco (13th cent.), iii. 67

Athelard (beginning of 12th cent.), iii. 66

Auzout (?–1691), viii. 155, 160; x. 198

 

Bacon, Francis (1561–1627), vi. 134; viii. 163

Bacon, Roger (1214?–1294), iii. 67; vi. 118

Bailly, xi. 237

Ball, xiii. 278 n

Bär, Reymers (Ursus) (?–1600), v. 105

Barberini (Urban VIII.), vi. 125, 127, 131, 132

Barnard, xiii. 294, 295

Baronius, vi. 125

Barrow, Isaac, ix. 166

Bayer, xii. 266

Bede, iii. 65

Begh, Ulugh. See Ulugh Begh

Bellarmine, vi. 126

Bentley, ix. 191

Berenice, i. 12

Bernouilli, Daniel (1700–1782), xi. 230

Bernouilli, James (1654–1705), xi. 230

Bernouilli, John (1667–1748), xi. 229, 230

Bessel (1784–1846), x. 198 n, 218; xiii. 272, 277-278, 279, 280

Bille, v. 99

Bliss (1700–1764), x. 219

Bond, William Cranch (1789–1859), xiii. 295

Borelli (1608–1679), ix. 170

Bouguer (1698–1758), x. 219, 221

Boulliau. See Bullialdus

Bouvard, xi. 247 n; xiii. 289

Bradley (1693–1762), x. 198, 206-218, 219, 222-226; xi. 233; xii. 257, 258, 263, 264; xiii. 272, 273, 275, 277

Brahe, Tycho (1546–1601), iii. 60, 62; v. 97, 98 n, 99-112; vi. 113, 117, 127; vii. 136-139, 141 n, 142, 145, 146, 148; viii. 152, 153, 162; ix. 190; x. 198, 203, 225; xii. 257; xiii. 275

Brudzewski, iv. 71

Bruno, vi. 132

Bullialdus (1605–1694), xii. 266

Bunsen, xiii. 299

Burckhardt (1773–1825), xi. 241

Bürg (1766–1834), xi. 241

Bürgi (1552–1632), v. 97, 98; viii. 157

Burney, Miss, xii. 260

Burnham, xiii. 309

 

Caccini, vi. 125

Caesar, ii. 21; iii. 67

Callippus (4th cent. B.C.), ii. 20, 26, 27

Capella, Martianus (5th or 6th cent. A.D.), iv. 75

Carlyle, xi. 232

Carrington (1826–1875), xiii. 298, 302

Cartesius. See Descartes

Cassini, Count (1748–1845), x. 220

Cassini, Giovanni Domenico (1625–1712), viii. 160, 161; ix. 187; x. 216, 220, 221, 223; xii. 253, 267; xiii. 297

Cassini, Jacques (1677–1756), x. 220, 221, 222

Cassini de Thury (1714–1784), x. 220

Castelli, vi. 125

Catherine II., x. 227; xi. 230, 232

Cavendish (1731–1810), x. 219

Cecco d'Ascoli (1257?–1327), iii. 67

Chandler, xiii. 285

Charlemagne, iii. 65

Charles II., x. 197, 223

Charlois, xiii. 294

Christian (of Denmark), v. 106

Christine (the Grand Duchess), vi. 125

Clairaut (1713–1765), xi. 229, 230, 231, 232, 233–235, 237, 239, 248; xiii. 290

Clement VII., iv. 73

Clerke, xiii. 289 n

Clifford, ix. 173 n

Colombe, Ludovico delle, vi. 119 n

Columbus, iii. 68

La Condamine (1701–1774), x. 219, 221

Conti, vi. 125

Cook, x. 227

Coppernicus (1473–1543), ii. 24, 41 n, 54; iii. 55, 62, 69; IV. passim; v. 93–97, 100, 105, 110, 111; vi. 117, 126, 127, 129; vii. 139, 150; ix. 186, 194; xii. 257; xiii. 279

Cornu, xiii. 283

Cosmo de Medici, vi. 121

Cotes (1682–1716), ix. 192

Crosthwait, x. 198

Cusa, Nicholas of (1401–1464), iv. 75

 

D'Alembert (1717–1783), x. 215; xi. 229, 230, 231 n, 232–235, 237-239, 248

Damoiseau (1768–1846), xiii. 286

Dante, iii. 67; vi. 119 n

Darwin, xiii. 292, 320

Da Vinci. See Vinci

Dawes (1799–1868), xiii. 295

Delambre, ii. 44; x. 218; xi. 247 n; xiii. 272

Delaunay (1816–1872), xiii. 286, 287

De Morgan, ii. 52 n

Descartes (1596–1650), viii. 163

Diderot, xi. 232

Digges, Leonard (?–1571 ?), vi. 118

Digges, Thomas (?–1595), v. 95

Donati (1826–1873), xiii. 304

Doppler (1803–1853), xiii. 302

Dreyer, xiii. 308

Dunér, xiii. 302

 

Ecphantus (5th or 6th cent. B.C.), ii. 24

Eddin, Nassir (1201–1273), iii. 62, 68; iv. 73

Encke (1791–1865), x. 227; xiii. 284

Eratosthenes (276 B.C.–195 or 196 B.C.), ii. 36, 45, 54; x. 221

Euclid (fl. 300 B.C.), ii. 33, 52 n; iii. 62, 66; vi. 115; ix. 165

Eudoxus (409 B.C. ?–356 B.C. ?), ii. 26, 27, 38, 42, 51

Euler (1707–1783), x. 215, 226; xi. 229, 230, 231 n, 233–236, 237, 239, 242, 243; xiii. 290

 

Fabricius, John (1587–1615 ?), vi. 124

Ferdinand (the Emperor), vii. 137, 147

Fernel (1497–1558),iii. 69

Ferrel, xiii. 287

Field (1525?–1587), v. 95

Fizeau (1819–1896), xiii. 283

Flamsteed (1646–1720), ix. 192; x. 197, 198, 199, 204, 207 n, 218, 225; xii. 257; xiii. 275, 281

Fracastor (1483–1553), iii. 69; iv. 89; vii. 146

Fraunhofer (1787–1826), xiii. 299, 311

Frederick II. (of Denmark), v. 101, 102, 106

Frederick II. (the Emperor), iii. 66

Frederick II. (of Prussia), xi. 230, 232, 237

 

Galen, ii. 20; iii. 56; vi. 116

Galilei, Galileo (1564–1642), ii. 30 n, 47; iv. 73; v. 96, 98 n, VI. passim; vii. 135, 136, 138, 145, 151; viii. 152–154, 157, 163; ix. 165, 168, 170, 171, 173, 179, 180, 186, 190, 195; x. 216; xii. 253, 257, 263, 268; xiii. 278, 295

Galilei, Vincenzo, vi. 113

Galle, xiii. 281, 289

Gascoigne (1612 ?–1644), viii. 155, 156; x. 198

Gauss (1777–1855). xiii. 275, 276, 294

Gautier (1793–1881), xiii. 298

Genghis Khan, iii. 62

George III., xii. 254–256

Gerbert (?–1003), iii. 66

Gherardo of Cremona (1114–1187), iii. 66

Gibbon, ii. 53 n

Giese iv. 74

Gilbert (1540–1603), vii. 150

Gill, xiii. 280, 281

Glaisher, xiii. 289 n

Godin (1704–1760), x. 221

Goodricke (1764–1786), xii. 266

Grant, xiii. 289 n

Grassi, vi. 127

Gregory, James (1638–1675), ix. 168, 169; x. 202

Gregory XIII., ii. 22

Gyldén (1841–1896), xiii. 288

 

Hainzel, v. 99

Hale, xiii. 301

Halifax, John. See Sacrobosco

Halifax (Marquis of), ix. 191

Hall, xiii. 283 n, 295

Halley (1656–1742), viii. 156; ix. 176, 177, 192 n; x. 198, 199–205, 206, 216, 223, 224, 227; xi. 231, 233, 235, 243; xii. 265; xiii. 287, 290

Hansen (1795–1874), xiii. 282, 284, 286, 290

Harkness, xiii. 301

Harriot (1560–1621), vi. 118, 124

Harrison, x. 226

Harun al Rasid, iii. 56

Helmholtz (1821–1894), xiii. 319

Hencke (1793–1866), xiii. 294

Henderson (1798–1844), xiii. 279

Heraclitus (5th cent. B.C.), ii. 24

Herschel, Alexander, xii. 251

Herschel, Caroline (1750–1848), xii. 251, 254–256, 260

Herschel, John (1792–1871), i. 12; x. 221; xi. 242; xii. 256; xiii. 289 n, 306–308, 309, 316, 317, 319

Herschel, William (1738–1822), ix. 168;x. 223, 227; xi. 250; XII. passim; xiii. 272, 273, 294, 296, 306–311, 317, 318

Hesiod, ii. 19, 20

Hevel (1611–1687), viii. 153; x. 198; xii. 268

Hicetas (6th or 5th cent. B.C.), ii. 24; iv. 75

Hill, xi. 233 n; xiii. 286, 290

Hipparchus (2nd cent. B.C.), i. 13; ii. 25, 27, 31, 32, 37–44, 45, 47–52, 54; iii. 63, 68; iv. 73, 84; v. 111; vii. 145

Hippocrates, iii. 56

Holwarda (1618–1651), xii. 266

Holywood. See Sacrobosco

Honein ben Ishak (?–873), iii. 56

Hooke (1635–1703), ix. 174, 176; x. 207, 212

Horky, vi. 121

Horrocks (1617 ?–1641), viii. 156; ix. 183; x. 204

Howlett, xiii. 298

Huggins, xiii. 301, 304, 311–313

Hulagu Khan, iii. 62

Humboldt, xiii. 298

Hutton (1737–1823), x. 219

Huygens (1629–1695), v. 98 n; vi. 123; viii. 154, 155, 157, 158; ix. 170–172, 191

Hypatia (?–415), ii. 53

 

Ibn Yunos. See Yunos

Ishak ben Honein (?–910 or 911), iii. 56

 

James I., v. 102; vii. 147

James II., ix. 192

Janssen, xiii. 301, 307 n

Joachim. See Rheticus

 

Kaas, v. 106

Kant, xi. 250; xii. 258, 260; xiii. 287

Kapteyn, xiii. 280

Kelvin, xiii. 292

Kepler (1571–1630), ii. 23, 51 n, 54; iv. 91; v. 94, 100, 104, 108–110; vi. 113, 121, 130, 132; VII. passim; viii. 152, 156, 160; ix. 168–170, 172, 175, 176, 190, 194, 195; x. 202, 205, 220; xi. 228, 244; xiii. 294, 301, 309

Kirchhoff (1824–1887), xiii. 299, 300, 311

Kirkwood (1815–1895), xiii. 294, 297

Koppernigk, iv. 71

Korra, Tabit ben. See Tabit

 

Lacaille (1713–1762), x. 222–224, 225, 227; xi. 230, 233, 235; xii. 257, 259

La Condamine (1701–1774), x. 219, 221

Lagrange (1736–1813), ix. 193; xi. 229, 231 n, 233 n, 236, 237, 238–240, 242–245, 247, 248; xii. 251; xiii. 293, 294

Lalande (1732–1807), xi. 235, 241, 247 n; xii. 265

Lambert (1728–1777), xi. 243; xii. 265

Lami, ix. 180 n

Landgrave of Hesse. See William IV.

Langley, xiii. 307

Lansberg (1561–1632), viii. 156

Laplace (1749–1827), xi. 229, 231 n, 238–248,; xii. 251, 256; xiii. 272, 273, 282, 286–288, 290, 293, 297, 318–320

Lassell (1799–1880), xii. 267; xiii. 295

Lavoisier, xi. 237

Legendre (1752–1833), xiii. 275, 276

Leibniz, ix. 191, 193

Lemaire, xii. 255

Leverrier(1811–1877), xiii. 282, 284, 288, 289, 290, 293, 294

Lexell (1740–1784), xii. 253

Lindenau, xi. 247 n

Lionardo da Vinci. See Vinci

Lippersheim (?–1619), vi. 118

Locke, ix. 191

Lockyer, xiii. 301, 302

Loewy, xiii. 283 n

Louis XIV., viii. 160

Louis XVI., xi. 237

Louville (1671–1732), xi. 229

Lubbock (1803–1865), xiii. 286, 292

Luther, iv. 73; v. 93

 

Machin (?–1751), x. 214

Maclaurin (1698–1746), x. 196; xi. 230, 231; xii. 251

Maestlin, vii. 135

Maraldi, x. 220

Marius (1570–1624), vi. 118; vii. 145

Martianus Capella. See Capella

Maskelyne (1732–1811), x. 219; xii. 254, 265

Mason (1730–1787), x. 226; xi. 241

Matthias (the Emperor), vii. 143, 147

Maupertuis (1698–1759), x. 213, 221; xi. 229, 231

Maxwell (1831–1879), xiii. 297

Mayer, Tobias (1723–1762), x. 217, 225, 226; xi. 233, 241; xii. 265

Melanchthon, iv. 73, 74; v. 93

Messier (1730–1817), xii. 259, 260

Meton (460 B.C. ?–?), ii. 20

Michel Angelo, vi. 113

Michell, John (1724–1793), x. 219; xii. 263, 264

Michelson, xiii. 283

Molyneux (1689–1728), x. 207

Montanari (1632–1687), xii. 266

Müller. See Regiomontanus

 

Napier, v. 97 n

Napoleon I, xi. 238; xii. 256

Napoleon, Lucien, xi. 238 n

Nassir Eddin. See Eddin, Nassir

Newcomb, x. 227 n; xiii. 283, 286, 290

Newton (1643–1727), ii. 54; iv. 75; vi. 130, 133, 134; vii. 144, 150; viii. 152; IX. passim; x. 196–200, 211, 213, 215–217, 219, 221; xi. 228, 229, 231–235, 238, 249; xii. 257; xiii. 273, 299

Niccolini, vi. 132

Nicholas of Cusa (1401–1464), iv. 75

Nonius (1492–1577), iii. 69

Norwood (1590?–1675), viii. 159; ix. 173

Numa, ii. 21

Nunez. See Nonius

Nyrén, xiii. 283 n

 

Olbers (1758–1840), xiii. 294

Orange, Prince of, v. 107

Osiander, iv. 74; v. 93

 

Palisa, xiii. 294

Palitzsch (1723–1788), xi. 231

Pemberton, ix. 192

Philolaus (5th cent. B.C.), ii. 24; iv. 75

Piazzi (1746–1826), xiii. 294

Picard (1620–1682), viii. 155, 157, 159–161, 162; ix. 174; x. 196, 198, 221

Pickering, xiii. 314, 316

Plana (1781–1869), xiii. 286

Plato (428 B.C.?–347 B.C.?), ii. 24, 25, 26, 51; iv. 70

Plato of Tivoh (fl. 1116), iii. 66

Pliny (23 A.D.–79 A.D.), ii. 45

Plutarch, ii. 24; xiii. 301

Pogson (1829–1891), xiii. 316

Poincaré, xiii. 288

Poisson (1781–1840), xiii. 286, 293

Pontécoulant (1795–1874), xiii. 286

Porta, vi. 118

Posidonius (135 B.C.?–51 B.C.?), ii. 45, 47

Pouillet (1791–1868), xiii. 307, 319

Pound, x. 206, 216

Prévost (1751–1839), xii. 265

Pritchard (1808–1893), xiii. 278 n, 279, 316

Ptolemy, Claudius (fl. 140 A.D.), ii. 25, 27, 32, 37, 46–52, 53, 54; iii. 55, 57, 59–63, 68; iv. 70, 76, 80, 83–87, 89, 91; v. 94, 105; vi. 121, 129, 134; vii. 145; viii. 161; ix. 194; x. 205; xi. 236

Ptolemy Philadelphus, ii. 31

Purbach (1423–1461), iii. 68; iv. 71

Pythagoras (6th cent. B.C.), i. 11, 14; ii. 23, 28, 47, 51, 54

 

Recorde (1510–1558), v. 95

Regiomontanus (1436–1476), iii. 68, 69; iv. 70, 71; v. 97, 110

Reimarus. See Bär

Reinhold (1511–1553), v. 93–96; vii. 139

Reymers. See Bär

Rheticus (1514–1576), iv. 73, 74; v. 93, 94, 96

Ricardo, ii. 47 n

Riccioli (1598–1671), viii. 153

Richer (?–1696), viii. 161; ix. 180, 187; x. 199, 221

Rigaud, x. 206 n

Roemer (1644–1710), viii. 162; x. 198, 210, 216, 220, 225; xiii. 283

Rosse (1800–1867), xiii. 310, 317

Rothmann (fl. 1580), v. 97, 98, 106

Rudolph II. (the Emperor), v. 106–108; vii. 138, 142, 143

 

Sabine (1788–1883), xiii. 298

Sacrobosco (?–1256?), iii. 67, 68

St. Pierre, x. 197

Savary (1797–1841), xiii. 309

Scheiner (1575–1650), vi. 124, 125; vii. 138; viii. 153; xii. 268

Schiaparelli, xiii. 297

Schomberg, iv. 73

Schoner, iv. 74

Schönfeld (1828–1891), xiii. 280

Schroeter (1745–1816), xii. 267, 271

Schwabe (1789–1875), xiii. 298

Secchi (1818–1878), xiii. 311, 312

See, xiii. 320

Seleucus (2nd cent. B.C.), ii. 24

Shakespeare, vi. 113

Sharp (1651–1742), x. 198

Slusius, ix. 169

Smith, xii. 251

Snell (1591–1626), viii. 159; ix. 173

Sosigenes (fl. 45 B.C.), ii. 21

South (1785–1867), xiii. 306

Struve, F. G. W. (1793–1864), xiii. 279, 309

Struve, O., xiii. 283 n

Svanberg (1771–1851), x. 221

Sylvester II. See Gerbert

 

Tabit ben Korra (836–901), iii. 56, 58, 68; iv. 84

Tamerlane, iii. 63

Tannery, ii. 36 n

Thales (640 B.C.?–546 B.C.?), ii. 23; iii. 55

Theon (fl. 365 A.D.), ii. 53

Theophrastus, ii. 24

Theophylactus, iv. 72

Thomson, T., x. 208 n

Thomson, William. See Kelvin

Thury, Cassini de. See Cassini de Thury

Timocharis (beginning of 3rd cent. B.C.). ii. 32, 42; iv. 84

Tycho Brahe. See Brahe

 

Ulugh Begh (1394–1449), iii. 63, 68; iv. 73

Urban VIII. (Barberini), vi. 125, 127, 131, 132

Ursus. See Bär

 

Varignon, ix. 180 n

Vinci, Lionardo da (1452–1519), iii. 69

Vogel, xiii. 313, 314

Voltaire, ii. 21; xi. 229

 

Wafa, Abul (939 or 940–998), iii. 60, 68 n; iv. 85; v. 111

Wallenstein, vii. 149

Walther (1430–1504), iii. 68; v. 97

Wargentin (1717–1783), x. 216

Watzelrode, iv. 71

Wefa. See Wafa

Welser, vi. 124

Whewell (1794–1866), xiii. 292

William IV. (Landgrave of Hesse) (1532–1592), v. 97, 98, 100, 105, 106, 110

Wilson (1714–1786), xii. 268; xiii. 298

Wolf, Max, xiii. 294

Wolf, Rudolf (1816–1893), xiii. 298

Wollaston (1766–1828), xiii. 299

Wren (1632–1723), ix. 174, 176

Wright, Thomas (1711–1786), xii. 258, 265

 

Young, xiii. 301

Yunos, Ibn (?–1008), iii. 60 62, 68 n

 

von Zach, xi. 247 n