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i0Charles Messier - http://www.messiermarathon.com/about.htm - Highly detailed biography including links to his full catalogue of 110 objects.
 
i0History of Astronomy - http://www.mikeoates.org/astro-history/ - Short biographies of several less well known British astronomers.
 
i0History of Astronomy: Persons - http://www.astro.uni-bonn.de/~pbrosche/hist_astr/ha_pers.html - Catalogue of biographical links covering hundreds prominent astronomers, past and present. [Also in German]
 
i0Hodierna's Deep Sky Observations - http://seds.lpl.arizona.edu/messier/xtra/similar/hodierna.html - Catalogue of Giovanni Batista Hodierna's (1597-1660) long forgotten observations; detailed information about each object.
 
i0Holders of the Post of British Astronomer Royal - http://members.tripod.com/~UpSky2/ARs.html - Notable achievements and timelines of Flamsteed, Halley, Bradley, Bliss, Maskelyne, Pond, Airy, Christie, Dyson, H.S. Jones, and Wooley (covering 1675 to 1971).
 
i0Jean Houzeau in Jamaica - http://joyousjam.tripod.com/jeanhouzeauinjamaica/ - Detailed biography of Belgian astronomer, Jean Charles Houzeau (1820-1888)
 
i0Links to Astronomer Biographies - http://me.in-berlin.de/~jd/himmel/hotlist.html - Short biographies of Argelander, Bürgel, Cassini, Celsius, Encke, Fermat, Goodricke, Huygens, and Scheiner written by Jens Dengler. [Also in German]
 
i0Memoirs of a Space Engineer - http://www.abc.net.au/science/slab/memoirs/default.htm - Stories from Doug Rickard's memoirs and his involvement in the early exploration of space.
 
i0People in the History of Astronomy - http://www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/Launchpad/4515/HISTORY.html - Short biographies of Pythagoras, Ptolemy, Copernicus, Kepler, Galileo, Newton, Halley, Einstein, and Hawking.
 
i0Sir Robert Ball (1840-1913) Victorian Astronomer - http://www.geocities.com/ziksby/index.html - Detailed biographical information of British astronomer and lecturer.
 
i0So Who Is this Challis Bloke Anyway? - http://www.winwaed.com/comp/challis/challis_bio.shtml - Short description of Professor James Challis, the almost-discoverer of Neptune.
 
i0The Bruce Medalists - http://www.phys-astro.sonoma.edu/BruceMedalists/ - Brief biographies, photos, and links to winners of this annual award for lifetime contributions to astronomy.
 
i0The Legacy of Ulugh Beg - http://vlib.iue.it/carrie/texts/carrie_books/paksoy-2/cam6.html - Article by Kevin Krisciunas, with notes and bibliography, about the grandson of Tammerlane, his observatory, and the significance of his work.
 
i0Women in Astronomy, 1880-1920 - http://www.carleton.edu/departments/PHAS/Astro/pages/marga_michele/WomenAstronomers.html - Biographical information of Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin and other Harvard women. Includes photographs and links.
 
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