Dictionary of Scientists

A Dictionary of Scientists, by Oxford University Press
Here are authoritative and up-to-date biographies of the world's scientists, from ancient times to the cutting edge. All areas of science are represented, from physics and astronomy to medicine and ecology, plus key figures in the fields of mathematics and technology.
On this page: Abbe, Cleveland to Auger, Pierre Victor.
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Abbe, Cleveland (American meteorologist)
Abbe, Ernst (German physicist)
Abel, John Jacob (American pharmacologist)
Abel, Niels Henrik (Norwegian mathematician)
Adams, John Couch (English astronomer)
Adler, Alfred (Austrian psychologist)
Adrian, Edgar Douglas (English anatomist)
Agassiz, Jean Louis Rodolphe (American-Swiss zoologist & geologist)
Airy, George Biddell, Sir (English astronomer)
Al-Battani (Arab astronomer & mathematician)
Alcmaeon (character)
Alder, Kurt (German chemist)
Alfvén, Hannes Olof Gösta (Swedish physicist)
Altman, Sidney (American-Canadian biologist)
Ambartsumian, Viktor Amazaspovich (Armenian astrophysicist)
Anaxagoras of Clazomenae (Greek philosopher)
Anaximander of Miletus (Greek philosopher)
Anderson, Carl David (American physicist)
Anderson, Philip Warren (American physicist)
Andrews, Thomas (Irish physical chemist)
Anfinsen, Christian Boehmer (American biochemist)
Ångstrom, Anders Jonas (Swedish physicist and astronomer)
Antoniadi, Eugène Michael (Greek–French astronomer)
Apollonius of Perga (Ancient Greek mathematician)
Appleton, Edward Victor, Sir (English physicist)
Arago, Dominique François Jean (French physicist & astronomer)
Arber, Werner (Swiss microbiologist)
Arrhenius, Svante August (Swedish chemist)
Aston, Francis William (English physicist & chemist)
Audubon, John James (Naturalist / Artist)
Auer (Austrian chemist)