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Alexander Ross Clarke (1828-1914) was a British geodesist, primarily remembered for his work defining different reference ellipsoids approximating the shape of the geoid. Clarke was born on December 16, 1828 in Reading, Berkshire, England. He spent his childhood in the British colony of Jamai...

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Giovanni Battista Donati ; 16 December 1826, Pisa, Italy - 20 September 1873, Florence, Italy) was an Italian astronomer. Donati pioneered spectroscopy of comets to determine their physical composition, in particular with the comet 1864b, which spectrum he found containing three emitting lin...

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Edward Emerson Barnard (December 16, 1857 - February 6, 1923) was an American astronomer. He was commonly known as E. E. Barnard, and was recognized as a gifted observational astronomer. He is best known for his discovery of Barnard's Star in 1916, which is named in his honour. Read more

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Johann Wilhelm Ritter (16 December 1776 - 23 January 1810) was a German chemist, physicist and philosopher. Many of Ritter's researches were guided by a search for polarities in the several "forces" of nature, and for the relation between those "forces" two of the assumptio...

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Saint Drostan (d. early 7th century), also Drustan, Dustan, and Throstan, was the founder and abbot of the monastery of Old Deer in Aberdeenshire. The Breviary of Aberdeen celebrates his feast on 15 December. Read more

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Maurice Hugh Frederick Wilkins CBE FRS (15 December 1916 - 5 October 2004) was a New Zealand-born English physicist and molecular biologist, and Nobel Laureate whose research contributed to the scientific understanding of phosphorescence, isotope separation, optical microscopy and X-ray di...

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Antoine Henri Becquerel (15 December 1852 - 25 August 1908) was a French physicist, Nobel laureate, and the discoverer of radioactivity along with Marie Curie and Pierre Curie, for which all three won the 1903 Nobel Prize in Physics. The SI unit for radioactivity, the becquerel (Bq), is named after...

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Freeman John Dyson FRS (born December 15, 1923) is a British-born American theoretical physicist and mathematician, famous for his work in quantum field theory, solid-state physics, astronomy and nuclear engineering. Read more

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Giovanni Amelino-Camelia (born 14 December 1965) is an Italian physicist of the University of Rome La Sapienza who works on quantum gravity. He is the first proposer of Doubly special relativity that is the idea of introducing the Planck length in physics as an observer-independent quantity, obt...

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Michel de Nostredame (14 or 21 December 1503 - 2 July 1566), usually Latinised as Nostradamus, was a French apothecary and reputed seer who published collections of prophecies that have since become famous worldwide. Most academic sources maintain that the associations made between world event...

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Steven Glenwood MacLean (born December 14, 1954) is a Canadian astronaut. He is the current President of the Canadian Space Agency, appointed on September 1, 2008 and scheduled to end August 31, 2013. Read more

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Roald Engelbregt Gravning Amundsen (16 July 1872 - c. 18 June 1928) was a Norwegian explorer of polar regions. He led the first Antarctic expedition to reach the South Pole between 1910 and 1912. He was the first person to reach both the North and South Poles. He is also known as the first to traverse the...

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William James (Jim) Peacóck AC (born 14 December 1937) was Chief Scientist of Australia (2006-2008), President of the Australian Academy of Science (2002-2006) and Chief of CSIRO Plant Industry (1978-2003). Read more (Broken link)

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Nicholas Kollerstrom (born 13 December 1946) is an English writer and historian of science. He is a former honorary research fellow in Science and Technology Studies at University College, London (UCL), and a former lunar gardening correspondent for the BBC. Read more

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Elizabeth Alexander (13 December 1908 - 1959) was a British born meteorologist and radio astronomer. She was once credited as the First Female Radio Astronomer due to her early work in the branch of astronomy that would later become known by that name. Read more

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	Alexander Ross Clarke (1828-1914) (Preview) Alexander Ross Clarke (1828-1914) was a British geodesist, primarily remembered for his work defining different reference ellipsoids approximating the shape of the geoid. Clarke was born on December 16, 1828 in Reading, Berkshire, England. He spent his childhood in the British colony of Jamai...	Blobrana	1	Dec 16 07:59 2012 by Blobrana
	Giovanni Battista Donati (1826 - 1873) (Preview) Giovanni Battista Donati ; 16 December 1826, Pisa, Italy - 20 September 1873, Florence, Italy) was an Italian astronomer. Donati pioneered spectroscopy of comets to determine their physical composition, in particular with the comet 1864b, which spectrum he found containing three emitting lin...	Blobrana	1	Dec 16 07:56 2012 by Blobrana
	Edward Emerson Barnard (1857 - 1923) (Preview) Edward Emerson Barnard (December 16, 1857 - February 6, 1923) was an American astronomer. He was commonly known as E. E. Barnard, and was recognized as a gifted observational astronomer. He is best known for his discovery of Barnard's Star in 1916, which is named in his honour. Read more	Blobrana	1	Dec 16 07:40 2012 by Blobrana
	Johann Wilhelm Ritter (1776 - 1810) (Preview) Johann Wilhelm Ritter (16 December 1776 - 23 January 1810) was a German chemist, physicist and philosopher. Many of Ritter's researches were guided by a search for polarities in the several "forces" of nature, and for the relation between those "forces" two of the assumptio...	Blobrana	1	Dec 16 07:31 2012 by Blobrana
	Saint Drostan (Preview) Saint Drostan (d. early 7th century), also Drustan, Dustan, and Throstan, was the founder and abbot of the monastery of Old Deer in Aberdeenshire. The Breviary of Aberdeen celebrates his feast on 15 December. Read more	Blobrana	0	Dec 15 07:38 2012 by Blobrana
	Maurice Wilkins (1916 - 2004) (Preview) Maurice Hugh Frederick Wilkins CBE FRS (15 December 1916 - 5 October 2004) was a New Zealand-born English physicist and molecular biologist, and Nobel Laureate whose research contributed to the scientific understanding of phosphorescence, isotope separation, optical microscopy and X-ray di...	Blobrana	0	Dec 15 07:36 2012 by Blobrana
	Antoine Henri Becquerel (1852 - 1908) (Preview) Antoine Henri Becquerel (15 December 1852 - 25 August 1908) was a French physicist, Nobel laureate, and the discoverer of radioactivity along with Marie Curie and Pierre Curie, for which all three won the 1903 Nobel Prize in Physics. The SI unit for radioactivity, the becquerel (Bq), is named after...	Blobrana	2	Dec 15 08:01 2012 by Blobrana
	Freeman John Dyson (Preview) Freeman John Dyson FRS (born December 15, 1923) is a British-born American theoretical physicist and mathematician, famous for his work in quantum field theory, solid-state physics, astronomy and nuclear engineering. Read more	Blobrana	1	Dec 15 07:37 2012 by Blobrana
	Giovanni Amelino-Camelia (Preview) Giovanni Amelino-Camelia (born 14 December 1965) is an Italian physicist of the University of Rome La Sapienza who works on quantum gravity. He is the first proposer of Doubly special relativity that is the idea of introducing the Planck length in physics as an observer-independent quantity, obt...	Blobrana	0	Dec 14 07:42 2012 by Blobrana
	Michel de Nostredame (1503 - 1566) (Preview) Michel de Nostredame (14 or 21 December 1503 - 2 July 1566), usually Latinised as Nostradamus, was a French apothecary and reputed seer who published collections of prophecies that have since become famous worldwide. Most academic sources maintain that the associations made between world event...	Blobrana	0	Dec 14 07:40 2012 by Blobrana
	Steven Glenwood MacLean (Preview) Steven Glenwood MacLean (born December 14, 1954) is a Canadian astronaut. He is the current President of the Canadian Space Agency, appointed on September 1, 2008 and scheduled to end August 31, 2013. Read more	Blobrana	0	Dec 14 07:40 2012 by Blobrana
	Roald Amundsen (1872 - 1928) (Preview) Roald Engelbregt Gravning Amundsen (16 July 1872 - c. 18 June 1928) was a Norwegian explorer of polar regions. He led the first Antarctic expedition to reach the South Pole between 1910 and 1912. He was the first person to reach both the North and South Poles. He is also known as the first to traverse the...	Blobrana	3	Dec 14 07:45 2012 by Blobrana
	Jim Peacóck (Preview) William James (Jim) Peacóck AC (born 14 December 1937) was Chief Scientist of Australia (2006-2008), President of the Australian Academy of Science (2002-2006) and Chief of CSIRO Plant Industry (1978-2003). Read more (Broken link)	Blobrana	0	Dec 13 23:41 2012 by Blobrana
	Nicholas Kollerstrom (Preview) Nicholas Kollerstrom (born 13 December 1946) is an English writer and historian of science. He is a former honorary research fellow in Science and Technology Studies at University College, London (UCL), and a former lunar gardening correspondent for the BBC. Read more	Blobrana	0	Dec 13 07:36 2012 by Blobrana
	Elizabeth Alexander (13 December 1908 - 1959) (Preview) Elizabeth Alexander (13 December 1908 - 1959) was a British born meteorologist and radio astronomer. She was once credited as the First Female Radio Astronomer due to her early work in the branch of astronomy that would later become known by that name. Read more	Blobrana	0	Dec 13 07:35 2012 by Blobrana
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