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Alfred Merrill Worden (born February 7, 1932) is an American astronaut who was the command module pilot for the Apollo 15 lunar mission in 1971. He is one of only 24 people to have flown to the Moon. Read more

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Frank Muller (10 September 1862, Virginia , USA - 19 April 1917, Virginia, USA) was an American astronomer, and close associate of Ormond Stone and Francis Leavenworth at the Leander McCormick Observatory. He discovered 83 astronomical objects now listed in the NGC catalogue, and thirteen in the...

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Gertrude Caton-Thompson (1 February 1888 - 18 April 1985) was an influential English archaeologist at a time when participation by women in the discipline was uncommon. She worked as an archaeologist in Egypt at the sites of Abydos and Oxyrhynchus. While studying at the British School of Archae...

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Lucien Henri d'Azambuja (January 28, 1884, Paris - July 18, 1970) was an French astronomer who studied the solar chromosphere. He worked at the Paris Observatory in Meudon, where he, along with Henri-Alexandre Deslandres, built a large spectrograph. Read more

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Philip 'Phil' Harding, FSA (born 25 January 1950) is a British field archaeologist. He has become a familiar face on the Channel 4 television series Time Team. Trained on excavations with the Bristol University Extra Mural Department and other bodies from 1966, he has been a professional archaeol...

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American Lottie Williams, 48, was exercising in a Tulsa park one morning four years ago when she was hit on the shoulder by a six-inch piece of blackened metallic material. A used Delta II rocket had crashed into the Earth's atmosphere half an hour earlier, and scientists at NASA believe that William...

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Thomas Stewart Baker (born 20 January 1934) is a British actor. He is best known for playing the fourth incarnation of the Doctor in the science fiction television series Doctor Who, a role he played from 1974 to 1981. Read more

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The Red Lady of Paviland is a fairly complete Upper Paleolithic-era human male skeleton dyed in red ochre. It was the first human fossil to have been found anywhere in the world and is also the oldest ceremonial burial anywhere in Western Europe so far discovered. The bones were discovered between 1...

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Robert Falcon Scott CVO (6 June 1868 - c. 29 March 1912) was a Royal Navy officer and explorer who led two expeditions to the Antarctic regions: the Discovery Expedition, 1901-04, and the ill-fated Terra Nova Expedition, 1910-13. Read more

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Jacob Bernoulli (also known as James or Jacques) (27 December 1654 - 16 August 1705) was one of the many prominent mathematicians in the Bernoulli family. Jacob Bernoulli was born in Basel, Switzerland. Following his father's wish, he studied theology and entered the ministry. But contrary to the...

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Russian cosmonaut Aleksandr Serebrov - a veteran of four space missions to two different space stations and the 26th most experienced spacefarer of all time - has died at the age of 69. Citing sources within the cosmonauts' training centre at Star City, on the outskirts of Moscow, ITAR-TASS noted th...

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George Howard Herbig (January 2, 1920 - October 12, 2013) was an astronomer at the University of Hawaii Institute for Astronomy. He is perhaps best known for the discovery of Herbig-Haro objects Read more

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Friedrich Simon Archenhold (2 October 1861 in Lichtenau, Westphalia - 14 October 1939 in Berlin) was an astronomer who founded the Treptow Observatory (Treptow Sternwarte) in Berlin-Treptow. He graduated from Realgymnasium in Lippstadt before entering Friedrich Wilhelm University in 1882 a...

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Charles Augustus Young (December 15, 1834 - January 4, 1908) one of the foremost solar spectroscopist astronomers in the United States, died of pneumonia after a brief illness, at his home in Hanover, New Hampshire, on 4 January 1908. He observed solar eclipses and worked on spectroscopy of the Sun...

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Alan Donald Whicker, CBE (born 2 August 1925) is a British journalist and broadcaster. His career has spanned over 50 years. Read more Monty Python - Whicker Island

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	Alfred Merrill Worden (Preview) Alfred Merrill Worden (born February 7, 1932) is an American astronaut who was the command module pilot for the Apollo 15 lunar mission in 1971. He is one of only 24 people to have flown to the Moon. Read more	Blobrana	2	Feb 6 22:55 2014 by Blobrana
	Frank Muller (1862 - 1917) (Preview) Frank Muller (10 September 1862, Virginia , USA - 19 April 1917, Virginia, USA) was an American astronomer, and close associate of Ormond Stone and Francis Leavenworth at the Leander McCormick Observatory. He discovered 83 astronomical objects now listed in the NGC catalogue, and thirteen in the...	Blobrana	0	Feb 5 15:01 2014 by Blobrana
	Gertrude Caton-Thompson (1888 - 1985) (Preview) Gertrude Caton-Thompson (1 February 1888 - 18 April 1985) was an influential English archaeologist at a time when participation by women in the discipline was uncommon. She worked as an archaeologist in Egypt at the sites of Abydos and Oxyrhynchus. While studying at the British School of Archae...	Blobrana	1	Jan 31 20:46 2014 by Blobrana
	Lucien d'Azambuja (1884 - 1970) (Preview) Lucien Henri d'Azambuja (January 28, 1884, Paris - July 18, 1970) was an French astronomer who studied the solar chromosphere. He worked at the Paris Observatory in Meudon, where he, along with Henri-Alexandre Deslandres, built a large spectrograph. Read more	Blobrana	0	Jan 26 19:28 2014 by Blobrana
	Philip Harding (Preview) Philip 'Phil' Harding, FSA (born 25 January 1950) is a British field archaeologist. He has become a familiar face on the Channel 4 television series Time Team. Trained on excavations with the Bristol University Extra Mural Department and other bodies from 1966, he has been a professional archaeol...	Blobrana	0	Jan 24 19:26 2014 by Blobrana
	Lottie Williams (Preview) American Lottie Williams, 48, was exercising in a Tulsa park one morning four years ago when she was hit on the shoulder by a six-inch piece of blackened metallic material. A used Delta II rocket had crashed into the Earth's atmosphere half an hour earlier, and scientists at NASA believe that William...	Blobrana	0	Jan 21 18:48 2014 by Blobrana
	Tom Baker (Preview) Thomas Stewart Baker (born 20 January 1934) is a British actor. He is best known for playing the fourth incarnation of the Doctor in the science fiction television series Doctor Who, a role he played from 1974 to 1981. Read more	Blobrana	2	Jan 19 22:50 2014 by Blobrana
	Red Lady of Paviland (Preview) The Red Lady of Paviland is a fairly complete Upper Paleolithic-era human male skeleton dyed in red ochre. It was the first human fossil to have been found anywhere in the world and is also the oldest ceremonial burial anywhere in Western Europe so far discovered. The bones were discovered between 1...	Blobrana	2	Jan 17 16:21 2014 by Blobrana
	Robert Falcon Scott CVO (1868 - 1912) (Preview) Robert Falcon Scott CVO (6 June 1868 - c. 29 March 1912) was a Royal Navy officer and explorer who led two expeditions to the Antarctic regions: the Discovery Expedition, 1901-04, and the ill-fated Terra Nova Expedition, 1910-13. Read more	Blobrana	1	Jan 16 17:29 2014 by Blobrana
	Jacob Bernoulli (1654 - 1705) (Preview) Jacob Bernoulli (also known as James or Jacques) (27 December 1654 - 16 August 1705) was one of the many prominent mathematicians in the Bernoulli family. Jacob Bernoulli was born in Basel, Switzerland. Following his father's wish, he studied theology and entered the ministry. But contrary to the...	Blobrana	2	Dec 26 20:04 2013 by Blobrana
	Aleksandr Serebrov (1944 - 2013) (Preview) Russian cosmonaut Aleksandr Serebrov - a veteran of four space missions to two different space stations and the 26th most experienced spacefarer of all time - has died at the age of 69. Citing sources within the cosmonauts' training centre at Star City, on the outskirts of Moscow, ITAR-TASS noted th...	Blobrana	0	Nov 13 23:51 2013 by Blobrana
	George H. Herbig (1920-2013) (Preview) George Howard Herbig (January 2, 1920 - October 12, 2013) was an astronomer at the University of Hawaii Institute for Astronomy. He is perhaps best known for the discovery of Herbig-Haro objects Read more	Blobrana	1	Oct 27 17:56 2013 by Blobrana
	Friedrich Simon Archenhold (Preview) Friedrich Simon Archenhold (2 October 1861 in Lichtenau, Westphalia - 14 October 1939 in Berlin) was an astronomer who founded the Treptow Observatory (Treptow Sternwarte) in Berlin-Treptow. He graduated from Realgymnasium in Lippstadt before entering Friedrich Wilhelm University in 1882 a...	Blobrana	0	Oct 18 00:49 2013 by Blobrana
	Charles Augustus Young (1834 - 1908) (Preview) Charles Augustus Young (December 15, 1834 - January 4, 1908) one of the foremost solar spectroscopist astronomers in the United States, died of pneumonia after a brief illness, at his home in Hanover, New Hampshire, on 4 January 1908. He observed solar eclipses and worked on spectroscopy of the Sun...	Blobrana	1	Aug 2 13:44 2013 by Blobrana
	Alan Whicker (Preview) Alan Donald Whicker, CBE (born 2 August 1925) is a British journalist and broadcaster. His career has spanned over 50 years. Read more Monty Python - Whicker Island	Blobrana	2	Aug 1 19:48 2013 by Blobrana
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