खगोलशास्त्री (en. Astronomer)

The last really good astronomer and mathematician in Greek Alexandria was a woman, Hypatia, born in 370 AD the daughter of an astronomer and mathematician Theon, who worked at the museum.

These included the chemist Antoine Lavoisier, the physician Joseph-Ignace Guillotin, the astronomer Jean Sylvain Bailly, and Benjamin Franklin.

1675: John Flamsteed was appointed the first Astronomer Royal of England.

The Kuiper belt was named after Dutch-American astronomer Gerard Kuiper, though he did not predict its existence.

Astronomer finds evidence for record-breaking nine planet system.

In 1833 John Herschel, a British astronomer, went to South Africa to study the southern skies.

It signifies the township where the well-known astronomer Varaha-Mihira of Vikramadityas court lived along with his helpers, mathematicians, and technicians.