ASTRONOMY ALONG THE HISTORY By Daveld12 470 BCE Philolaus Period: 470 BCE to 385 BCE Philolaus 360 Hypatia Period: 360 to 415 Hypatia 1473 Nicolaus Copernicus Period: Feb 19, 1473 to May 24, 1543 Nicolaus Copernicus 1546 Tycho Brahe Period: Dec 14, 1546 to Oct 24, 1601 Tycho Brahe 1564 Galileo Galilei Period: Feb 15, 1564 to Jan 8, 1642 Galileo Galilei 1571 Johannes Kepler Period: Dec 27, 1571 to Nov 15, 1630 Johannes Kepler 1625 Giovanni Domenico Cassini Period: Jun 8, 1625 to Sep 14, 1712 Giovanni Domenico Cassini 1656 Edmond Halley Period: Nov 8, 1656 to Jan 14, 1742 Edmond Halley 1738 William Herschel Period: Nov 15, 1738 to Aug 25, 1822 William Herschel 1749 Pierre-Simon Laplace Period: Mar 23, 1749 to Mar 5, 1827 Pierre-Simon Laplace 1758 Heinrich Olbers Period: Oct 11, 1758 to Mar 2, 1840 Heinrich Olbers 1824 William Huggins Period: Feb 7, 1824 to May 12, 1910 William Huggins 1868 George Ellery Hale Period: Jun 29, 1868 to Feb 21, 1938 George Ellery Hale 1889 Edwin Hubble Period: Nov 20, 1889 to Sep 28, 1953 Edwin Hubble 1893 Walter Baade Period: Mar 24, 1893 to Jun 25, 1960 Walter Baade 1942 Stephen Hawking Period: Jan 8, 1942 to Mar 14, 2018 Stephen Hawking