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1. Pierre Humbert (1891 - 1953) - Biography - MacTutor History of…

   https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/Humbert_Pierre/

   1 May 2023: Humbert married the daughter of the astronomer Henri Andoyer and this, certainly in part, increased his interest in the history of astronomy. ... He even wrote some articles on the history of mathematics and astronomy with his father-in-law.

2. Ginsburg books - MacTutor History of Mathematics

   https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Extras/Ginsburg_books/

   23 Nov 2023: Interest in the history of scientific thought in American colonies is notable, particularly in medicine, chemistry, astronomy and mathematics. ... Because it is so brief it should serve as a splendid introduction to a more comprehensive history of

3. Heinrich Scherk (1798 - 1885) - Biography - MacTutor History of…

   https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/Scherk/

   2 Nov 2023: Despite his interest in mathematics and astronomy at school, he first studied philology, philosophy and history when he entered university. ... These included talks on astronomy on topics such as: meteors and comets; the movements of the nebulas; the

4. Agnes Mary Clerke (1842 - 1907) - Biography - MacTutor History of…

   https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/Clerke/

   26 May 2023: Even at an early stage she showed great interest in the history of astronomy and mathematics and by the age of eleven she had read Herschel's Outlines of Astronomy. ... In the Preface she explains that since the publication of a history of astronomy in

5. Fleming papers - MacTutor History of Mathematics

   https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Extras/Fleming_papers/

   26 Jun 2023: Mrs M Fleming. In the earliest records of ancient Greek History we can trace the great interest which centres in the heavenly bodies, and in Astronomy, the greatest of all sciences, ... Maria Mitchell, in all likelihood, acquired a similar interest in

6. Carl Schoy (1877 - 1925) - Biography - MacTutor History of…

   https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/Schoy/

   7 Mar 2023: As well as teaching Schoy mathematics and science, these two professors gave him a deep interest in the history of mathematics. ... 1917. In 1919 he left Essen and habilitated in the History of mathematics and astronomy at the University of Bonn.

7. More Smith History books - MacTutor History of Mathematics

   https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Extras/SmithMoreHistoryBooks/

   7 Mar 2023: Interest in the history of scientific thought in American colonies is notable, particularly in medicine, chemistry, astronomy and mathematics. ... Because it is so brief it should serve as a splendid introduction to a more comprehensive history of

8. Henri Andoyer (1862 - 1929) - Biography - MacTutor History of…

   https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/Andoyer/

   7 Mar 2023: He published mathematical tables and works on the history of astronomy. . ... This connection to Andoyer supposedly increased Humbert's interest in the history of astronomy.