Find out more about the greatest 18th Century Astronomers, including Pierre-Simon Laplace, William Herschel, Benjamin Banneker, Edmond Halley and Patrick Wilson.
Pierre-Simon Laplace23 March 1749, French
Scientist
William Herschel15 November 1738, German, British
Astronomer, Composer
Edmond Halley08 November 1656, British
Astronomer
Benjamin Banneker09 November 1731, American
Compiler of Almanacs
Mikhail Lomonosov19 November 1711, Russian
Scientist, Poet, Geologist, Astronomer
Anders Celsius27 November 1701, Swedish
Astronomer, Physicist, Mathematician
Giovanni Domenico Cassini08 June 1625, Italian
Astronomer and Mathematician
Caroline Herschel16 March 1750, German
Astronomer
Charles Messier26 June 1730, French
Astronomer
Johann Heinrich Lambert26 August 1728, Swiss, German, French
Mathematician, Physicist and Astronomer
Joseph Louis Lagrange25 January 1736, French, Italian
Mathematician and Astronomer
Carl F. Gauss30 April 1777, German
Mathematician
Carl Friedrich Gauss30 April 1777, German
Mathematician, Geophysicist, Astronomer, Science
Joseph-Louis Lagrange25 January 1736, French, Italian
Mathematician, Astronomer, Physicist, Politician,
Mary Somerville26 December 1780, British, Scottish
Mathematician, Linguist, Translator, Astronomer,
Siméon Denis Poisson21 June 1781, French
Mathematician, Astronomer, Physicist, University
Ernst Chladni30 November 1756, German
Physicist, Astronomer
Charles Mason31 March 1728, British
astronomer
François Arago26 February 1786, Spanish, French
Astronomer, Mathematician, Physicist, Politician,
Roger Joseph BoscovichCroatian
David Brewster11 December 1781, British, Scottish
Botanist, Civil engineer, Physicist, Engineer,
Joseph von Fraunhofer06 March 1787, German
Physicist, Astronomer, Chemist
Patrick WilsonScottish
Nathaniel Bowditch26 March 1773, American
Mathematician, Astronomer, Actuary, Physicist,
Friedrich Bessel22 July 1784, German
Astronomer, Mathematician, University teacher
John Flamsteed19 August 1646, British
Astronomer
Johann Elert BodeGerman
Jean Sylvain Bailly15 September 1736, French
Astronomer, Politician, Mathematician
Pierre Louis Maupertuis17 July 1698, French
astronomer, philosopher, mathematician, physicist
Nevil Maskelyne
Jean-Baptiste Biot21 April 1774, French
Mathematician, Physicist, Astronomer, Civil
Antonio de Ulloa12 January 1716, Spanish
Astronomer, Explorer, Meteorologist
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Giuseppe Piazzi16 July 1746, Italian
Astronomer, University teacher, Mathematician
Alexis ClairautFrench
James Bradley
Charles Marie de La CondamineFrench
Jérôme LalandeFrench
Jean Baptiste Joseph DelambreFrench
Alexander Wilson1714 AD, British, Scottish
Astronomer
John Goodricke
Colin Campbell
Heinrich Wilhelm Olbers11 October 1758, German
Maria Margarethe KirchGerman
Johann Bode19 January 1747, German