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Nathaniel Pigott (1725-1804) was an English astronomer, noted for his observations of eclipses, a transit of Venus and a transit of Mercury, and comets. He became a Fellow of the Royal Society on 16 January 1772, a foreign member of the Imperial Academy at Brussels in 1773, and a correspondent of the...

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Wilhelm Carl Werner Otto Fritz Franz Wien (13 January 1864 - 30 August 1928) was a German physicist who, in 1893, used theories about heat and electromagnetism to deduce Wien's displacement law, which calculates the emission of a blackbody at any temperature from the emission at any one reference t...

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François Félix Tisserand (January 13, 1845 - October 20, 1896) was a French astronomer. Read more

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Joseph Jackson Lister, FRS (11 January 1786 - 24 October 1869) was an amateur British opticist and physicist and the father of Joseph Lister. J. J. Lister was deeply interested in natural history, and realised that the microscopes available in the early 19th century did not provide adequate resolu...

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Albert Victor Bäcklund (January 11, 1845 - February 23, 1922) was a Swedish mathematician and physicist. He was a professor at Lund University and its rector from 1907 to 1909. Read more

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Katharine Burr Blodgett (January 10, 1898 - October 12, 1979) was the first woman to be awarded a Ph.D. in Physics from University of Cambridge in 1926. After receiving her master's degree, she was hired by General Electric, where she invented low-reflectance "invisible" glass. Read m...

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Harold Lee Alden (January 10, 1890 - February 3, 1964) was an American astronomer. He was born in Chicago, Illinois. He worked for twenty years at the Yale Observatory in South Africa before returning to the University of Virginia. He is noted mainly for measuring stellar parallax, the proper motio...

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Robert Woodrow Wilson (born January 10, 1936) is an American astronomer, 1978 Nobel laureate in physics, who with Arno Allan Penzias discovered in 1964 the cosmic microwave background radiation (CMB). The award purse was also shared with a third scientist, Pyotr Leonidovich Kapitsa, for unrela...

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Simon Marius (Latinised from German Simon Mayr) (January 10, 1573 - December 26, 1624) was a German astronomer. In 1614 Marius published his work Mundus Iovialis describing the planet Jupiter and its moons. Here he claimed to have discovered the planet's four major moons some days before Galileo G...

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Peter Frank George Twinn (9 January 1916 - 29 October 2004) was a British mathematician, World War II codebreaker and entomologist. Twinn was the first British cryptographer to read a German military Enigma message, having obtained vital information from Polish cryptanalysts in July 1939. Rea...

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Rogelio Bernal Andreo (born 9 January 1969) is a Spanish-American astrophotographer. He is known for his photographs of deep sky objects. Read more

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Michael Mark Woolfson (born 9 January 1927) is a British physicist and planetary scientist. His research interests lie in the fields of x-ray crystallography, biophysics and the formation of stars and planets. Read more

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Professor Severus Snape (9 January, 1960 - 2 May, 1998) was a half-blood wizard who was the son of the witch Eileen Snape (née Prince) and Muggle Tobias Snape. Read more

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Publius Ovidius Naso (20 March 43 BC - AD 17/18), known as Ovid in the English-speaking world, was a Roman poet who is best known as the author of the three major collections of erotic poetry: Heroides, Amores, and Ars Amatoria, and of the Metamorphoses, a mythological hexameter poem. Read more

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Edward R. "Ted" Harrison (8 January 1919 - 29 January 2007) was a British astronomer and cosmologist, who spent much of his career at the University of Massachusetts Amherst and University of Arizona, USA. Read more

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	Nathaniel Pigott (1725-1804) (Preview) Nathaniel Pigott (1725-1804) was an English astronomer, noted for his observations of eclipses, a transit of Venus and a transit of Mercury, and comets. He became a Fellow of the Royal Society on 16 January 1772, a foreign member of the Imperial Academy at Brussels in 1773, and a correspondent of the...	Blobrana	0	Jan 16 08:00 2013 by Blobrana
	Wilhelm Wien (1864 - 1928) (Preview) Wilhelm Carl Werner Otto Fritz Franz Wien (13 January 1864 - 30 August 1928) was a German physicist who, in 1893, used theories about heat and electromagnetism to deduce Wien's displacement law, which calculates the emission of a blackbody at any temperature from the emission at any one reference t...	Blobrana	1	Jan 13 07:42 2013 by Blobrana
	François Félix Tisserand (1845 - 1896) (Preview) François Félix Tisserand (January 13, 1845 - October 20, 1896) was a French astronomer. Read more	Blobrana	1	Jan 13 07:41 2013 by Blobrana
	Joseph Jackson Lister, FRS (1786 - 1869) (Preview) Joseph Jackson Lister, FRS (11 January 1786 - 24 October 1869) was an amateur British opticist and physicist and the father of Joseph Lister. J. J. Lister was deeply interested in natural history, and realised that the microscopes available in the early 19th century did not provide adequate resolu...	Blobrana	0	Jan 11 07:28 2013 by Blobrana
	Albert Victor Bäcklund (1845 - 1922) (Preview) Albert Victor Bäcklund (January 11, 1845 - February 23, 1922) was a Swedish mathematician and physicist. He was a professor at Lund University and its rector from 1907 to 1909. Read more	Blobrana	0	Jan 11 07:27 2013 by Blobrana
	Katharine Burr Blodgett (1898 - 1979) (Preview) Katharine Burr Blodgett (January 10, 1898 - October 12, 1979) was the first woman to be awarded a Ph.D. in Physics from University of Cambridge in 1926. After receiving her master's degree, she was hired by General Electric, where she invented low-reflectance "invisible" glass. Read m...	Blobrana	0	Jan 10 07:27 2013 by Blobrana
	Harold Alden (1890 - 1964) (Preview) Harold Lee Alden (January 10, 1890 - February 3, 1964) was an American astronomer. He was born in Chicago, Illinois. He worked for twenty years at the Yale Observatory in South Africa before returning to the University of Virginia. He is noted mainly for measuring stellar parallax, the proper motio...	Blobrana	0	Jan 10 07:26 2013 by Blobrana
	Robert Woodrow Wilson (Preview) Robert Woodrow Wilson (born January 10, 1936) is an American astronomer, 1978 Nobel laureate in physics, who with Arno Allan Penzias discovered in 1964 the cosmic microwave background radiation (CMB). The award purse was also shared with a third scientist, Pyotr Leonidovich Kapitsa, for unrela...	Blobrana	1	Jan 10 07:24 2013 by Blobrana
	Simon Marius (1573 - 1624) (Preview) Simon Marius (Latinised from German Simon Mayr) (January 10, 1573 - December 26, 1624) was a German astronomer. In 1614 Marius published his work Mundus Iovialis describing the planet Jupiter and its moons. Here he claimed to have discovered the planet's four major moons some days before Galileo G...	Blobrana	2	Jan 10 07:23 2013 by Blobrana
	Peter Twinn (1916 - 2004) (Preview) Peter Frank George Twinn (9 January 1916 - 29 October 2004) was a British mathematician, World War II codebreaker and entomologist. Twinn was the first British cryptographer to read a German military Enigma message, having obtained vital information from Polish cryptanalysts in July 1939. Rea...	Blobrana	0	Jan 9 07:55 2013 by Blobrana
	Rogelio Bernal Andreo (Preview) Rogelio Bernal Andreo (born 9 January 1969) is a Spanish-American astrophotographer. He is known for his photographs of deep sky objects. Read more	Blobrana	0	Jan 9 07:45 2013 by Blobrana
	Michael Mark Woolfson (Preview) Michael Mark Woolfson (born 9 January 1927) is a British physicist and planetary scientist. His research interests lie in the fields of x-ray crystallography, biophysics and the formation of stars and planets. Read more	Blobrana	0	Jan 9 07:44 2013 by Blobrana
	Professor Severus Snape (1960 - 1998) (Preview) Professor Severus Snape (9 January, 1960 - 2 May, 1998) was a half-blood wizard who was the son of the witch Eileen Snape (née Prince) and Muggle Tobias Snape. Read more	Blobrana	0	Jan 9 07:43 2013 by Blobrana
	Publius Ovidius Naso (43 BC - AD 17/18) (Preview) Publius Ovidius Naso (20 March 43 BC - AD 17/18), known as Ovid in the English-speaking world, was a Roman poet who is best known as the author of the three major collections of erotic poetry: Heroides, Amores, and Ars Amatoria, and of the Metamorphoses, a mythological hexameter poem. Read more	Blobrana	1	Jan 9 05:25 2013 by Blobrana
	Edward Robert Harrison (1919 - 2007) (Preview) Edward R. "Ted" Harrison (8 January 1919 - 29 January 2007) was a British astronomer and cosmologist, who spent much of his career at the University of Massachusetts Amherst and University of Arizona, USA. Read more	Blobrana	0	Jan 8 07:46 2013 by Blobrana
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