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* 1994 – The first discoveries of extrasolar planets are announced by astronomer Alexander Wolszczan.
In the 1960s the work of the engineer Alexander Thom and that of the astronomer Gerald Hawkins, who proposed that Stonehenge was a Neolithic computer, inspired new interest in the astronomical features of ancient sites.
Another is a second-generation Lingua Cosmica developed by the Dutch-Swedish astronomer and mathematician Alexander Ollongrenof Leiden University, using constructive logic.
Perhaps for no other reason than the association of name, the 9th century Persian astronomer Abu Ma ' shar assumed Ptolemy to be member of Egypt's royal lineage, stating that the ten kings of Egypt who followed Alexander were wise " and included Ptolemy the Wise, who composed the book of the Almagest ".
The Alexander chronicle mentioned above suggests that the famous astronomer Kidinnu died in Babylon in 330 BC, if it refers to the same Kidinnu who was mentioned on the ephemeris tablets centuries later.
In 1863, enlisting the support of Alexander Dallas Bache and Charles Henry Davis, a professional astronomer recently recalled from the Navy to Washington to head the Bureau of Navigation, Louis Agassiz and Benjamin Peirce planned the steps whereby the National Academy of Sciences was to be established.
He also recruited many disciples to the cause – most notably James Clark Ross, a nephew of Sir John's, the German explorer Alexander von Humboldt and the astronomer royal, George Airy.
Christian Bunsen, the Prussian ambassador to Westminster, encouraged the appointment of scientists, including Alexander von Humboldt, Barth and Adolf Overweg, a Prussian astronomer, to the expedition of James Richardson, an explorer of the Sahara.
In 1769 a Scottish astronomer named Alexander Wilson, working at the Macfarlane Observatory, noticed that the shape of sunspots noticeably flattened as they approached the Sun's limb due to the solar rotation.
He helped to organize an orchestra in Charlottesville, which he conducted and included fellow astronomer Alexander Vyssotsky.
" According to Roger Bacon, Alexander the Great explored the Mediterranean on the authority of Ethicus the astronomer.
It is based on the Greek Double Pica cut by Alexander Wilson ( c. 1714-1786 ), a Scottish doctor, astronomer, and typefounder.
Roberts Crater on the far side of the Moon was named to jointly honour Isaac Roberts and the South African astronomer Alexander William Roberts.
* Alexander Wilson ( astronomer ) ( 1714 – 1786 ), Scottish type-maker, meteorologist and astronomer
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