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Born March 19, 1799 • London • England
Died February 15, 1868 (aged 68) • England
Subjects Of Study Great Red Spot • binary star • planet • C ring
illustration of Robert Hooke's law of elasticity of materials
Robert Hooke
British scientist
John Herschel
Sir John Herschel, 1st Baronet
English astronomer
Michel Mayor
Swiss astronomer
William Herschel
William Herschel
British-German astronomer
Arthur Stanley Eddington.
Arthur Eddington
British scientist
Lovell, Sir Bernard
Sir Bernard Lovell
English radio astronomer
Martin Rees
Martin Rees
British cosmologist and astrophysicist
Margaret Burbidge
British astronomer
Airy, c. 1877
Sir George Biddell Airy
British astronomer
Sir Harold Jeffreys
Sir Harold Jeffreys
British astronomer and geophysicist
Sir Martin Ryle.
Sir Martin Ryle
British astronomer
Sir Harold Spencer Jones.
Sir Harold Spencer Jones
British astronomer
Jeans
Sir James Jeans
British physicist and mathematician
De la Rue
Warren De la Rue
British scientist and inventor
Lassell, William
William Lassell
British astronomer
Lockyer
Sir Joseph Norman Lockyer
British astronomer
Sir Frank Dyson, 1927.
Sir Frank Dyson
British astronomer
John Bainbridge
English astronomer
George Dollond
British optician
Nathaniel Bliss
English astronomer

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