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ASTRONOMERS

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  • 384 BCE

    ARISTOTLE

    ARISTOTLE
    He was born was born in 384 B.C., in Macedonia.
    He died died in exile on the island of Chalcis, in 322 B.C. at the age of 62
  • 355

    HYPATIA

    HYPATIA
    She was born in Alexandria in 355 A.D
    She died in 415 A.D.
  • Feb 19, 1473

    NICOLAUS COPERNICUS

    NICOLAUS COPERNICUS
    Nicholas Copernicus was born in Thorn, Prussia, Poland, on February 19, 1473.
    Copernicus dies in Frombork, Poland on May 24, 1543.
  • Dec 14, 1546

    TYCHO BRATHE

    TYCHO BRATHE
    Tycho Brahe was born on December 14, 1546, in Knudstrup, Skåne; today Sweden.
    He died in Prague on October 24, 1601.
  • Feb 15, 1564

    GALILEO GALILEI

    GALILEO GALILEI
    He was born in the city of Pisa on the 15 of February in 1564
    He died on the 8 of January in 1642.
  • Dec 27, 1571

    JOHANNES KEPLER

    JOHANNES KEPLER
    Kepler was born in Weil der Stadt, in Germany on the 27 of December of 1571.
    He died on the 15 of November of 1630, in Germany.

  • GIOVANNI DOMENICO CASSINI

    GIOVANNI DOMENICO CASSINI
    He was born on June 8, 1625, in Genoa.
    Giovanni Cassini died in Paris on September 14, 1712.

  • EDMUND HALLEY

    EDMUND HALLEY
    He was born on the 8 of November of 1656.
    He died on the 14 of January of 1742

  • WILLIAM HERSCHEL

    WILLIAM HERSCHEL
    He was born in Hannover, on the 15 of November in 1738.
    He died in Slough, on the 25 of August in 1822.

  • PIERRE-SIMON LAPLACE

    PIERRE-SIMON LAPLACE
    He was born on March 28, 1749, in Beaumont-en-Auge, France
    He died on March 5, 1827 in Paris.

  • HENRICH OLBERS

    HENRICH OLBERS
    Heinrich Wilhelm Matthäus Olbers was born in Arbengen, near Bremen, on October 11, 1758
    He died in Bremen on March 2, 1840.

  • WILLIAM HUGGINS

    WILLIAM HUGGINS
    William Huggins was born in Cornhill in 1824, the 7th of February.
    William died in 1910, the 12th of May in London.

  • GEORGE ELLERY HALE

    GEORGE ELLERY HALE
    He was born on June 28, 1868 in Chicago, Illinois.
    George Ellery Hale passed away in Pasadena on February 21, 1938.

  • EDWIN HUBBLE

    EDWIN HUBBLE
    Edwin Hubble was born on November 20, 1889 in Marshfield (Missouri).
    He died of cerebral thrombosis on September 28, 1953, in San Marino, California.

  • WILHELM BAADE

    WILHELM BAADE
    He was born in Schroettinghausen, 1893, the 24th of March.
    He died in Gotinga, 1960, the 25th of June

  • STEPHEN HAWKING

    STEPHEN HAWKING
    Stephen Hawking was born on January 8, 1942 in Oxford, England.
    He died on March 14, 2018 in Cambridge.