| Biographical Encyclopedia of Astronomers | |
| Author: | Edited by Thomas Hockey, Virginia Trimble, Thomas R. Williams, Katherine Bracher, Richard A. Jarrell, Jordan D. Marché, JoAnn Palmeri, Daniel W. E. Green |
| Country: | United States |
| Language: | English |
| Subject: | Astronomy, History of Science |
| Genre: | Reference work |
| Publisher: | Springer |
| Pub Date: | 2014 |
| Isbn: | 978-1-4419-9917-7 |
| Website: | Biographical Encyclopedia of Astronomers |
| Notes: | Includes approximately 1850 biographical sketches on astronomers from antiquity to modern times. |
The Biographical Encyclopedia of Astronomers (BEA) is a two-volume biographical dictionary, first published in 2007,[1] with a second edition released in 2014. The work covers astronomers from all geographies, born from antiquity to mid-1918. It includes more than 1500[2] biographies of both well-known and more obscure astronomers, produced by 410 contributors.[3]
The encyclopedia has been published in both a print and online format by the publisher, Springer.