List of astronomical instrument makers

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The following is a list of astronomical instrument makers, along with lifespan and country of work, if available.

## Contents

* 1 A
* 2 B
* 3 C
* 4 D
* 5 E
* 6 F
* 7 G
* 8 H
* 9 I
* 10 J
* 11 K
* 12 L
* 13 M
* 14 N
* 15 O
* 16 P
* 17 Q
* 18 R
* 19 S
* 20 T
* 21 U
* 22 V
* 23 W
* 24 X
* 25 Y
* 26 Z
* 27 See also
* 28 External links

## A

Name |  Lifespan |  Country of work

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Abiyun al-Bitriq | fl. 630  |
Jabir ibn Aflah (Geber)  | c. 1100–1150  | Islamic Spain
Bhāskara II | c. 1114-1185  | India

## B

Name |  Lifespan |  Country of work

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James Gilbert Baker  | 1914–2005  | US
George Bass  | early 18th century  | England
John Bird  | 18th century  | England
Abū Rayhān al-Bīrūnī  | 973–1048  | Persia
Tycho Brahe | 1546–1601  | Denmark
John Brashear  | 1840–1920  | US

## C

Name |  Lifespan |  Country of work

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Giuseppe Campani | 1635–1715  | Italy
Matteo Campani-Alimenis | 17th century  | Italy
Robert-Aglaé Cauchoix | 1776–1845  | France
Henri Chrétien  | 1879–1956  | France
Alvan Clark  | 1804–1887  | US
Alvan Graham Clark  | 1832–1897  | US
George Bassett Clark  | 1827–1891  | US
Thomas Cooke  | 1807–1868  | England
Robert E. Cox  | 1917–1989  | US

## D

Name |  Lifespan |  Country of work

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John Henry Dallmeyer  | 1830–1883  | England / Germany
John Dobson  | 1915–2014  | US
John Dollond  | 1706–1761  | England
Henry Draper  | 1837–1882  | US

## E

Name |  Lifespan |  Country of work

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## F

Name |  Lifespan |  Country of work

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Henry Fitz  | 1808–1863  | US
Joseph von Fraunhofer | 1787–1826  | Germany

## G

Name |  Lifespan |  Country of work

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Vilem Gajdusek  | 1895–1977  | Czech Republic
Galileo Galilei | 1564–1642  | Italy
James Gregory  | 1638–1675  | Scotland
Howard Grubb  | 1844–1931  | Ireland

## H

Name |  Lifespan |  Country of work

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George Ellery Hale  | 1868–1938  | US
Frederick James Hargreaves  | 1891–1970  | England
Caroline Herschel | 1750–1848  | England
William Herschel  | 1738–1822  | England
Henry Hindley  | 1701–1771  | England
Robert Hooke  | 1635–1703  | England
Christiaan Huygens | 1629–1695  | Netherlands

## I

Name |  Lifespan |  Country of work

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Albert Graham Ingalls  | 1888–1958  | US
Zenbei Iwahashi  | 1756–1811  | Japan

## J

Name |  Lifespan |  Country of work

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Zacharias Janssen | c.1580–c.1638  | Netherlands
1136–1206  | Iraq / Syria

## K

Name |  Lifespan |  Country of work

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Jamshīd al-Kāshī | c. 1380–1429  | Persia
Al-Khazini | fl. 1115–1130  | Persia
Abu-Mahmud al-Khujandi  | c. 940–1000  | Persia
Muhammad ibn Mūsā al-Khwārizmī (Algoritmi)  | 780–850  | Iraq
Gottfried Kirch | 1639–1710  | Germany

## L

Name |  Lifespan |  Country of work

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Lala Balhumal Lahori  | c. 1842  | India
Hans Lippershey | 1570–1619  | Netherlands
Ali Kashmiri ibn Luqman  | fl. 1589–1590  | Mughal India

## M

Name |  Lifespan |  Country of work

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Dmitri Maksutov  | 1896–1964  | Russia / Soviet Union
Jacob Metius  | c.1575–1628  | Netherlands

## N

Name |  Lifespan |  Country of work

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Isaac Newton | 1643–1727  | UK

## O

Name |  Lifespan |  Country of work

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## P

Name |  Lifespan |  Country of work

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William Parsons, 3rd Earl of Rosse  | 1800–1867  | Ireland
Francis G. Pease  | 1881–1938  | US
Richard Scott Perkin  | 1906–1969  | US
John M. Pierce  | 1886–1958  | US
Russell W. Porter | 1871–1949  | US

## Q

Name |  Lifespan |  Country of work

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## R

Name |  Lifespan |  Country of work

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Regiomontanus | 1436–1476  | Germany / Italy / Hungary
Georg Friedrich von Reichenbach | 1772–1826  | Germany
George Willis Ritchey  | 1864–1945  | US

## S

Name |  Lifespan |  Country of work

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George N. Saegmuller | 1847–1934  | US
Bernhard Schmidt  | 1879–1935  | Germany
Ibn al-Shatir  | 1304–1375  | Syria
James Short  | 1710–1768  | England
James Simms | 1828–1915  | England
William Simms | 1793–1860  | England
Abd al-Rahman al-Sufi (Azophi)[dubious - discuss] | 903–986  | Persia
Pathani Samanta [dubious - discuss] | 1835–1904  | India
Sawai Jai Singh II [dubious - discuss] | 1688-1743  | India

## T

Name |  Lifespan |  Country of work

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Muhammad Saleh Thattvi  | fl. 1659–1660  | Mughal India
Taqi al-Din Muhammad ibn Ma'ruf  | 1526–1585  | Syria / Egypt / Turkey
Edward Troughton  | 1753–1835  | England
Sharaf al-Dīn al-Tūsī  | 1135–1213  | Iraq

## U

Name |  Lifespan |  Country of work

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## V

Name |  Lifespan |  Country of work

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Cornelius Varley  | 1781–1873  | England
Yrjö Väisälä | 1891–1971  | Finland

## W

Name |  Lifespan |  Country of work

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James Watt  | 1736–1819  | Scotland

## X

Name |  Lifespan |  Country of work

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## Y

Name |  Lifespan |  Country of work

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Ibn Yunus | c. 950–1009  | Egypt

## Z

Name |  Lifespan |  Country of work

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Abraham Zacuto | c. 1450–1510  | Spain and Portugal
Abū Ishāq Ibrāhīm al-Zarqālī (Arzachel)  | 1028–1087  | Islamic Spain

## See also

* History of the telescope
* List of largest optical reflecting telescopes
* List of largest optical refracting telescopes
* List of observatory codes
* List of Russian astronomers and astrophysicists
* List of telescope types
* Space telescope
* Timeline of telescopes, observatories, and observing technology

## External links

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