19th century

Archenhold, Friedrich Simon (1861-1939)

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Archenhold founded the Treptow Observatory that holds his name today.

Coculescu, Nicolae (1866-1952)

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Nicolae Coculescu was a Roman astronomer, the first director of the Astronomical Observatory of Bucharest.

Denza, Francesco (1834-1894)

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Francesco Denza was an Italian meteorologist and astronomer. At the time of his death, he was President of the Accademia dei Nuovi Lincei (Academy of the Lynx-Eyed).

Flammarion, Camille (1842-1925)

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Nicolas Camille Flammarion was a French astronomer and author. He was a founder and the first president of the Société astronomique de France. He also published the magazine L'Astronomie, starting in 1882. He maintained a private observatory at Juvisy-sur-Orge, France.

Goldschmidt, Hermann (1802-1866)

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Goldschmidt was a German-French painter amateur astronomer and a systematic asteroid searcher, discovered 14 asteroids.

Gothard Jenő (1857-1909)

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Jeno Gothard was a wealthy Hungarian nobleman who established a private observatory in Herény. He was also a mechanical engineer and astronomer.

Gyldén, Hugo (1841-1896)

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Johan August Hugo Gyldén was a Finland-Swedish astronomer primarily known for work in celestial mechanics.

Hind, John Russell (1823-1895)

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Hind was an English astronomer and a systematic asteroid searcher, discovered 10 asteroids.

Jacobs, Fernand (1870-1926)

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Fernand Jacobs was an amatuer astronomer and founder of the Belgian Astronomy Society.

Janssen, Pierre Jules César (1824-1927)

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His greatest discovery happened in 1868, it was the Helium gas. The French Academy of Sciences established an award medal out of respect for him.

Konkoly Thege Miklós (1842-1916)

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Miklós Konkoly Thege was a wealthy Hungarian nobleman who established a private observatory at Ógyalla. He was not simply a rich landowner but an educated scientist as well.

Laskowski, Zygmunt (1841-1928)

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Zygmunt Laskowski a Polish medical doctor, professor of anatomy of University on Geneva, amateur astronomer, issued a commemorative medal on his own discovery of a supernova.

Le Verrier, Urbain (1811-1877)

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Urbain Le Verrier French was astronomer who wrote his name into the history of astronomy by discovering the Neptune.

Lindblad, Bertil (1895-1965)

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Bertil Lindblad was a Swedish astronomer.

Littrow, Karl Ludwig von (1811-1877)

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Karl Ludwig von Littrow was observatory director in Vienna, author and translator of several astronomical work.

Lockyer, Sir Joseph Norman (1836-1920)

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His portrait was modeled on a medal associated with his greatest discovery, the Helium gas.

Luther, Robert (1822-1900)

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Luther was a German astronomer and a systematic asteroid searcher, discovered 24 asteroids.

Möller, Axel (1830-1896)

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The Swedish astronomer Axel Möller can be found on a medal that was issued in 1906.

Oom, Frederico Augusto (1830-1890)

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Frederico Augusto Oom was originally a hydrographic engineer and the lieutenant of the Portuguese Navy. Later he was trained by Otto Struve on astronomy and became the first director of the Astronomical Observatory of Lisbon.

Secchi, Angelo (1818-1878)

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Father Pietro Angelo Secchi was an Italian astronomer, director of the Observatory at the Pontifical Gregorian University (then called the Roman College) for 28 years. He was a pioneer in astronomical spectroscopy, and was one of the first scientists to state authoritatively that the Sun is a star.