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Listed by nameNos.NameBirthDeath789Abbe18401905847Abel18021829138Abelard10791142215Abraham ben Chijafl.c.1136359Abu L Wafa09400997334Abufelda12731331135Adam of Bremen1045c1076387Adams George Jnr17501795300Adams. Johnfl. 1670-96386Adams. George Snr17091772388Adams. Williamfl. 1680139Adelard of Bathc.10751160702Adrain17751775-184367Adrastusfl. 0200 AD98Aethicus0650347Aflah Jabir Ibn11001150107Agrippa00630012 BC746Airy 185818011892333Al Farghanic.08000870Al FazariLate 8C0777349Al Hasibc.0770c 0870348Al Haytham0965 1040151Al Idrisi10991166350Al Jauharifl. c 0830352Al KhowarizmiPre 08000847353Al Kindic.08010866189Al Kusgic.14001437Al Masudi08960956354Al Nairizi08650922355Al Rahman09030986356Al Rashid07630809357Al Sufi - c 777128Al Tabari c.809877167Al Tusi12011274358Al Urdic 1200360Al Zarqalic.1029c1029-1087130Al-Battani08580929165Albertus Magnus 11931280133Al-Biruni0973104895Al-Bitruji 11501204809Albrecht1843191518Alcmaeonfl. c 500 BC541Alembert1717178372Alexanderc.0205140Al-Khazinifl.1115-1130126Al-Ma'Mun c820AD07860833160Al-Marrakushi12561321252Alstedius1588163899Ananias of Shirag7th C.21Anaxagorasc.04990428 BC12Anaximandrosc.06100545 BC13Anaximenesc.0585-0528 BC183Andalo di Negrofl. c 1320985Anderson19051987850Andoyer18621929851Andraefl. 18761003Angersfl. 18261013Angos, D’fl. 1784790Angstrom181418741007Antonfl. 1874455Anville, D’16971782212Apianus14951562108ApolloniusC0262C0190 BC693Appelgrenfl. 1810569Apres de Mannervillette17071780715Arago1786185324Archelausc.0440 BC 44Archimedesc.02870212 BC32Archytas04280347 BC545Arena, D’1708852Argelander1799187543AristarchusC03100230 BC35Aristotle c330BC 03840322 BC570Arnold17361799612Arquier17181802208Arseniusfl.c1550-157189Aryabhata-Elder0476C0550 571Atwood1745180771Aurelius01210180109Autolycos03600290 BC312Auzout16221691244Ayeen Akbery15561605667Babbage17921871827Bache 18061867Backlund O A18461916170Bacon, (Roger)1220c1294Baeschlin18811961829Baeyer17941885854Bailey F (R Es) fl. 1860775Bailey W (S Africa)fl. 1863629Bailly17361793737Baily F17741844855Bakhuyzen18331923361Balbusfl.c 0100 AD857Ball R18601913856Ball W W 18501925858Banschinger345Barentzoon15501597668Barlow17761776-1862233Barozzi15371604Barrow17901870247Bartholomaeus Crecenti:15651605180Bartholomew of Parmafl. 1290782Basevi1832187178Basil03310379601Beccaria 1763-417161781101Bede006730735234Benedetti15301590810Benoit18441922690Benzenberg17771846572Berge. John17421808Berge. Matthew17531808175Bernard of Verdunfl.c.1280446Bernoulli I16671748470Bernoulli I Daniel17001782573Bernoulli II Johann17101790574Bernoulli III17441807974Berroth18921978769Bertrand18221900748Bessel 1834-7, 4117841646276Bettinus15821657485Bevis16931771150Bhaskara II11141180258Biancani15661624440Bianchini16621729811Bigourdan18511932828Bilbyfl. 1880389Bion16521733716Biot17741862563Bird, J17091776779Bischoffl. 1867239Blaeu c160015711638362Blemmydes (Nicephoros) 11971272575Bode17471826688Bohnenbergerfl. 1811743Boileau18051886982Bomford189919961033Bonnefl. 1823699Bonsdorff A 1888fl. 1890698Bonsdorff J G 1818176218311017Bontein18091878Boole18151864634Borda17331799313Borelli16081670991Boreniusfl. 1843537Boscovich 175017111787Boskovic S P 1930s813Boss18461912597Bossut17301814486Boudier16861757501Bouguer 1735-174516981758434Bouilletfl. 1720621Bourne15391583751Bowditch17731838860Bowie18721940Bradford19001955521Bradley16931762237Brahe. Tycho1546160197Brahmagupta05980665760Bravais18111863469Bremondfl. 1740232Bressius15461617268Brietius16011668Briggs15611630862Brisbane17731860637Brisson17231806427Brook Taylorfl. 1715740Brousseaudfl.1839969Brouwerfl. 1939863Brown 1938173Brunetto12101294864Brunnerfl. 1867865Brunnow18211891242Bruno15481600787Bruns18481919531Buachefl. 1752628Buat, Du17321787972Bullard19071980266Bullialdus16051694 664 Bürg17661834402Burnet16351715866Burrard 18601943630Burrow17471792293Byrge15521632274Cabaeus15861650708Cagnoli17431816867Cailletfl. 1857868Cajori18591930201Calcagnini147915411036Callandreau18521904 36Calliposc.0370c.0300 BC318Campani16351715178Campanus de Novarefl.c1260-1292465Camus16991768Canterzani1734181988Capellafl. 0470719Carlini17831862260Carpenter15891628?425Carrefl.1707869Carringtonfl.1859305Casati16171658870Casey18201891413Cassini G.D. I 168316251712617Cassini III 178017141784641Cassini IV 179217481845432Cassini. Jacques II 16771756115Cassiodorusc.04900580 390Caswell16561712657Cavendish 1797-817311810466Celsius17011744654Cesaris17501832Chabas18171882341Chales, Defl. c 1675871Challisfl. 1832Chambers364Chang Heng00780139576Chappe17281769758Charlesfl. 1846873Chasles17931880884Chastelet, Dufl. 1759468Chatelet17061749554Chaulnes17141769874Chauvenet18201870418Chazelles16571710365Chhiu Chhang- C11481227989Chovitzfl. 1956Christmann159055Cicero0106 BC0043 BC483Clairaut, D’17131765289Claramontiusfl. 1653788Clarke 1856-6618281914814Claude18581938245Clavius15371612689Clayfl 180242CleanthesC.0331 BC0232 875Close18651952254Cluverius15801621391Colbert16191683768Colby Early 1800s17841852620Cole15201591741Cole J H18911963665Colebrooke17621808194Columbus14511506876Comstock18311910577Condorcet17431794578Cook17281779791Cooke18071868214Copernicus14731543792Coriolis17921843216Cortes1523158293Cosmas Indicopleustesfl. 0540878Costard 17101782397Cotes16821716635Coulomb17361896412Coupletfl. c1700 533Courtivron17151785631Cousin17391800Crandall1850191748Cratesfl. c.0140 BC880Crelle178018551002Cronstrand17841850454Croyere , De L’Isle de lafl.1735-1742110Ctesibus0285BC0222 BC224Cuningham15311586288Curtius A 16001671Curtius J15541594187Cusa de. Nicholas14011464881Czuber18511925335D’Ailly1422549D’Arcy17251779510D’Herbelotfl. 1735643Dalby17441824830Dalrymple17361808346Dante15371586182Dante Alighieri 12651321882Darwin G18451912594David17371784859Davidson18251911342De Chaves15801622340De Enciso14701528343De Oviedo Voldez14781557De Saint Cloudfl.1300Dehalu18731960731Delambre 1792-981749182230Democritusc.0460BC0370 BC438Desaguiliers16831744283Descartes. Rene1596165937Dicaiarchosfl. c.0320 BC104Dicuilfl. c.0820623Digges L.15101570624Digges T1546159584Diodorefl.39474Diogenesc.022559Dionysiodorusfl. 0050 BC366Diophantosfl. c.0250 AD565Dixon17331779Dolezel18621955579Dolland, Peter17301820488Dolland. John Snr17061761883Döllen fl. 1864200Dominique Maria14541518793Doppler18031853794Drummond17971840978Dufourfl. 1834489Duiller, Facio de16641753885Dunlopfl. 1823795Duperrey17861865423Durham16571735955Duttonfl. 1889580Earnshaw17491829992Eckhardtfl. 18341031Eimbeckfl. 1878403Eisenschmidt16561712461Ellicott, Andrew17531820462Ellicott, John1706177222Empedoclesc.0490BC0425 BC815Eotvos1848191941Epicurus0342BC0270 BC45Eratosthenes c230BCc.0276-0195 BC127Erigenac.08000877887Ertel1778185840Euclidc.0320BC0275 BC39Eudemusc.0370BC0300 BC33Eudoxusc.0407BC0357 BC538Euler L17071783539Euler. J-A17351800116Eusabiusc.02650340747Everest 1806-184317901866536Everest in SA 1820-118201821315Fabri15641617316Fabricus15871615490Fahrenheit16861736476Falaire, Le Breton defl. 1741888Fallon17761828?730 Fallows17891831953Fergana102Fergil07100784786Fergolafl.1875306Fermat16011631205Fernel 15251485?-1558339Ferrerc.1494889Ferrerofl. 1898424Feuillee16601732327Fevre, Le16501706367Fibonaccic11701250709Firmengerfl. 1819988Fischer I19072009780Fischer Pfl. 1868710Fisherfl. 1819797Fizeau18191896298Flamsteed16461719655Flaugergues1755754Folque18001874648Fontana, Giovanni17351803186Fontana, Gregorio1395?1455456Fontenelle16571757581Fordyce17361802582Fortin17501831669Foster. Henry17971831765Foucault18191868464Fouchy17071788890Fourcade18651948666Fourier17681830Francoeur L-B607Freycinet17791842891Frischauf18371924602Frisi17281784207Frisius 153315081555957Furber18651924279Furneriusfl. 1643368Gabalafl. late 4C AD295Gadroys16421678190Gaetan de Thienis13871465725Galbraith17861850729Galenfl.1830248Galilei17861564-1642892Galloway 17961851287Gassendi15921655491Gaubil16891759726Gauss17771855993Gehlerfl. 182753Geminusfl. c.0070 BC131Gerbert of Aurillacc9501003615Gerlach17281802Germain17761831369Gershon. Levi Ben12881344155Gervase of Tilburyfl. 1211249Ghetaldi15681626246Gilbert. William15401603Gill18431914893Giuliofl. 1840894Glaisher18481928516Godin17041760503Godin des Odonaisfl. 1735692Goldingham17671849Gordon18711934745Gore18561939895Gould B A (USCGS)fl.1866896Gould R T (Chrono)18901948833Graaff-Hunter18821967534Graham17131762447Grammatici1736767Grant18141892463Grant, Baron d’Yverckfl. 1745897Grante. defl. 1748435Gravesande, S’1688174210Greece80Gregory03320395670Gregory17741841419Gregory, James16381675420Gregory, David16611708261Grienberger15611636325Grimaldi16181663546Grischow1760898Groombridgefl. 1810162Grosseteste of Lincoln c11751253903Grove-Hills 18641922899Grunert17971872?817Guillaume18611938774Gumpachfl. 1862257Gunter. Edmund15811626492Hadley 16821744225Hagecius152516001005Hallfl. 1823493Hall. Chester Moor17031771296Halley16561742326Halton16281699437Hamburgerfl. 1750671Hansen17951874672Hansteen17841873900Harkness18371903494Harrison16931776Hartner18101877673Hassler17701843901Haughtonfl. 1794415Hayes, Desfl. 1682831Hayford 190918681925761Hearnfl. 1847832Heavisidefl.187016Hecataiosc.0550 BC0475 BC294Hedraeusfl. 1640161Heimskringlac 1220773Heine18211881583Hell17201792511Hellant17171789818Helmert18431917721Hengler L18061858Hennert17331813740Hennessey17331829-1910255HenrionEnd 16C-1640998Henryfl. 179734Heracleidesc.0388BC0315 BC17Herakleitusc.0 550BC0480 BC134Hermann10131054430Hermann16781733370Hero of Byzantiumfl. 093825Herodotusc.0484BC0425 BC61HeronProb. fl.c.0250BC763Herschel Sir F W 17381822674Herschel J F W179218719Hesiod8th C BC286Hevelius1611168728Hicetasfl. c.0440 BC152Hildegarde109811791037Hill fl. 1884495Hindley17011771904Hinks1873194551Hipparchusc.0180BC125 BC421Hire, La G.P.167717191010Hirschfl. 1868336Ho Chheng Tienfl. c.0450AD532Hollmannus169617871029Holmquistfl. 18028Homer10C/8C BC136Honorius Inclususfl. c 1090323Hooke16351702471Horrebow16791764273Horrocks1617?1641416Hospital, L’16611704Hotine 18981968980Hough, Floydfl. 1958905Houzeau & Lancasterfl. 1880103Hrabanus Maurus07760856371Huai-nan-Tzu - 0122 BC610Hube17371807243Hues15531632144Hugh of St Victorc10961141504Hugotfl. 1735148Hugues Metelfl. c.1150675Humboldt17691859613Hutton17371823401Huygens16291695118Hyginus Gramaticus00980117 AD111Hypsiclesfl. 0190-0120 BC776Ibanez18251891153Ibn Rushd11261198337Ibn Rustah10C ADIbn Yunis09501009906Idefl. 1800117I-Hsing 724AD0682727967Isotov1907-686Ivory17651842Jack 18731951523Jackson Rfl. 1748177Jacob ben Mahirc1236c1305735Jacobi18041851184Jacopo de Dondic12921359480Jacquier17111788819Jaderin18521923475Jallabertfl. 1741907James18031877269Jans(en). Zacharia15881628?496Jaya-simha16861743908Jeans18771946633Jeaurat17241803909Jeffreysfl. 19251020Jervis17961857910Jevons and Boole185John Mandevillefl.c 1356372John of Gmundenc13801442911Jollyc1881912Jones H S 987Jones Lfl. 1954820Jordan W18421899163Jordanus of Saxonia1237517Juan17131773229Junctinus15321590505Jussieu. de17041779652Kaestner17191800542Kant17241804707Kater17771835990Kaula19262000409Keill16711721947Kelvin18241907584Kendall17211785256Kepler15711630392Keroualle16491734129Khurdadhbihc825912951Klein18441914474Klimmenfl. 1741528Klingenstiernafl. 1744526Klinkenberg17091750694Knightfl. 1812585Koenig17121757169Konungs Skuggsjac.12451255650Krafft17431814913Krampfl. 1800676Krayenhoff17581840973Kukkamaki19091997964Kyd17541826195L di Vinci14521519535La Caille 1752-5317131762515La Condamine 1735-45 17011774422La Hire Philippe16401718659La Lande17321807484La Merid. Verifiee 1733-43173376Lactantiusc.02600340417Lagny, Defl. 1701645Lagrange 17361813958Lallemand18571938141Lambert of St Omer1125560Lambert, J H 17281777706Lambton 1806-4317561823497Langlois1700c-1756658Laplace 17491827914Laubfl. 1925915Laurent18411908596Lavoisier17431794Lawrence*481Le Seur 17031770473Le Monnier P C17151799522Le Sage17241803191Leardofl.c1450979Ledersteger19001972626Legendre17521833606Legentil17251792404Leibniz16461716916Lenoirfl. 1793877Lenox-Conygham, 18661956586LeRoy17171785640Leslie1766183823Leucippusfl. 450-420 BC977Levallois19112001948Levretfl. 1865328Leybourn16261716917Liagre16261815-1891986Liebermanfl. 1953593Liesganig 176817191799696Lindenau17801854206Lindesayfl. 1528738Liouville18091882270Lipperhey15701619457Lisle, De J-N16881768784Listing J B180818821009Littrow18111877119Liu Hungfl. 0178 AD1014Lloydfl. 1833922Loewy18331907918Loomis18111889821Lorenzoni18431914595Lorgna17301796436Louville16711732919Lubbock18031865703Luckcockfl. 181758Lucretiusc.0098BC0055 BC527Lulofs17111768920Lutkefl. 1826Lyons18641944599Lyons, d’Israel17391775921Macara587Mackenzie17531821478Maclaurin16981746777Maclear 1842-511797187986Macrobiusfl.0395-0423677Madler17941874251Magini15551617374Mahavirac.0850 AD154Maimonides 11351204453Mairan. De16781771Maire C16971767649Malaspina17541810 506Maldonado17041748398Mallement de Messangesfl.1678567Mallet-Favre17401790309Malvasia16031664444Manfredi1674173962Maniliusfl. c. 0010 AD290Manzinusfl. 1654450Maraldi G.D17091788451Maraldi J.P16651729530Marinoni17C-175568Marinus00700130 AD396Mariotte16201684393Mark(e)sfl. 1665-79822Markham18301916Martin Cortes15101582976Marussi19081984Maskelyne. N.17321811 564Mason 1764-817281786701Mathieu17831875551Mattuni17301779Maupertuis 1736-716981759209Maurolycus14941575552Mayer C17191783540Mayer. J.T17231762226Mazzini15481598McCaw18701942733McCullagh18091847732Mechain17441804217Medina14931567555Meissner1736178964Melafl.0043 AD230Melanchthon149715601027Melanderhjelm17261810752Menabrea18091896121Menelaus00700140 AD275Mersenne15881648704Messier17301817449Metieres, Defl. 1734262Metius, Adriaen15711635263Metius, James (Jacob)1628164Michael Scot c.1235614Milner17501820556Mitchell172417931021Mohsin Husain1864 487Moivre, De16671754632Monge17461818965Montserrate15361600836Montuclafl.1800507Morainville1744308Morayfl. 1662267Morin15831656280Morisotus15921661Morris184519331015Mouchez18211892319Mouton16181694687Mudge 1791-417621820845Muffling17751851Munsey19111979236Munster14891551477Murdochfl. 17411012Murphyfl. 1835441Musschenbroek16921761Napier15501617734Narrien17821860375Neckam11571217837Nerenbergerfl.1850395Newton 168716421727838Nicollet17861843277Nicolosi16101670377Nipsusc 180 AD971Niskanen fl. 1945798Nobert18061881705Nobili17861835241Norwood 1633-515901665?662Nouet17401811228Nunez15021578984O’Keefe191620001028Oefverbomfl. 1802112OenipidesC.05000430 BC924Ogilby18081873394Oldenberg1618c-1677Olliver1785-823Oppolzer18411886378Oresmec13231382996Oriani1752183273Origenc185254553Osterwald17181778724Ostrogradsky18011862265Oughtred15741660459Outhier169417741030Palanderfl. 180219Parmenidesc.05150450 BC925Parryfl. 1820227Patritius15291597994Paucker17871855728Pearson17671847264Peiresc158016371018Penning, De17841845379Peregrinusfl.1265317Perrault - 1688839Perrier F.18331888Perrier G Jnr18721946284Perrins. (Calignon de)fl. 1643519Peruvian arc17361744926Peslin Mfl. 1858756Peters C.A.F18081880297Petit159416771008Petit18101865221Peucerus15251602192Peurbach142314611022Peyton1804-568Pezenas1692177647Philoc.0280BC0220 BC27Philolaus0425BCc.0390 BC94Philoponusfl. 0580598Phipps17441792321Picard 1668-7016201682223Piccolomini fl. 1558644Pictet17521825653Pingre17111796253Pitiscus15611613445Pitotfl. 1735927Pizzetti18601918762Plana17811864611Planman17241803778Plantamour18151882766Plateau1805188831Plato0429BC0348 BC660Playfair1748181965Pliny the Elder00230079 AD75Plotinusc.0203027066Plutarchc.00460127 AD1035Poincare18541912928Poinsot17771859753Poisson17811840439 Poleni1683176150Polybiusc.0207BC0125 BC954Pomerantzow759Pontécoulant P G17951874840Porro1801187552Posidonius c90BCc.0135BC0050 BC995Pouilletfl.1824310Power16231668929Poynting18521914Pratt1809187191Priscianfl. 512122Proclus04100485930Proctorfl. 1892656Prony17551839105Pseudo Bede 082570Ptolemy c150AD c.01000178 AD755Puissant1769184315Pythagorasc.0570BC0490 BCPytheasfl.0330 BC179Qutb -Shirazi 123613111034Radaufl.1885588Ramsden17351800218Ramusio14851557498Réaumur16831757219Recorde1510c-1558193Regiomontanus14361476739Reich17991882678Reichenbach G F17711826999Reineckefl. 1843250Reineriusfl. 1609222Reinhold15111553605Rennell17421830744Renny18121885799Repsold A18061871679Repsold J G17701830824Repsold J A 18381919931Resal 18281896932Reuss17501837Rhaeticus15141576304Riccioli/Grimaldi 1645 15981671322Richer16301696933Rigaud17741839589Rittenhouse, D17321796380Robert of Chesterc 1140176Robert the Englishmanfl. c1270285Roberval16021675700Rodriguezc.1776c.1821210Roias. 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