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Aryabhata

Occupation

Astronomer, Mathematician

Year Born

476

Research Areas

Planetary Motion, Eclipses, Rotation of Earth, Geometry, Trigonometry

 

 

A white statue of a man standing. His arm is raised as he points. He has wavy shoulder-length hair and wear cloth around his waist. A cloth is also draped over his shoulder, gathered in his arm, which falls to the ground.
This work by Mukerjee is licensed under Creative Commons Zero v1.0 Universal

Benjamin Banneker

Occupation

Astronomer, Almanac Author, Mathematician, Surveyor

Year Born

1731

Research Areas

Solar Eclipses, Tides, Movement of the Sun and Moon, Planetary Motion

 

A painting of a black man wearing a blue suit with an orange waistcoat. He holds a compass in one hand, and his other is wrapped around a large rectangular stick that has a protractor on top.
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Arthur Eddington

Occupation

Astronomer, Physicist, Mathematician

Year Born 

1882

Research Areas

Nuclear fusion processes inside stars, General Relativity

 

A black and white portrait photograph of Arthur Eddington
This work by George Grantham Bain Collection, Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. is licensed under Creative Commons Zero v1.0 Universal

Elizabeth Brown

Occupation

Meteorologist, Solar Astronomer

Year born

1830

Research areas

Sunspots, Solar eclipses

 

A photograph of Elizabeth Brown with her Wray refractor telescope.
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