Great Astronomers - Special Edition

There are many types of astronomers-from the stargazer who merely watches the heavens, to the abstract mathematician who merely works at his desk; it has, consequently, been necessary in the case of some lives to adopt a very different treatment from that which seemed suitable for others. The Great Astronomers are as follows:

Claudius Ptolemy,
Nicolaus Copernicus,
Tycho Brahe,
Galileo Galilei,
Johannes Kepler,
Isaac Newton,
John Flamsteed
Edmond Halley,
James Bradley,
William Herschel,
Pierre-Simon Laplace,
John Brinkley,
John Herschel
3rd Earl of Rosse (William Parsons),
George Biddell Airy,
William Rowan Hamilton,
Urbain Le Verrier,
John Couch Adams.