Notable people
9 peopleFigures with the most linked events, works and records.
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Scientist
People who studied astronomy and the calendar, geography, natural history, farming and water works
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On an observatory terrace at night, a large bronze armillary sphere stands on a stone base while two people stand with their backs turned facing the view; stars are joined into constellation lines overhead, and a sundial and tiered dripping water vessels stand at the right.
Scientists are people who observed and studied nature systematically, in fields such as astronomy and the calendar, geography, natural history, agronomy and water management. Their results appear in treatises, calendars and records of observation. They differ from mathematicians and inventors in being defined by observing natural regularities and building knowledge rather than by calculation or by making new devices.
People in this role
- Wu XianDates unknown; minister of the Shang king Tai Wu
- Mozic. 468 BCE–c. 376 BCE
- Shi ShenDates unknown; mid–Warring States, of Wei
- Gan DeDates unknown; mid–Warring States
- Luoxia HongDates unknown; helped devise the Taichu calendar in 104 BCE
- Fan ShengzhiDates unknown; reign of Emperor Cheng of Han
- Zhang Heng78 CE–139 CE
- Zhao ShuangDates unknown; Three Kingdoms period
- Pei Xiu224 CE–271 CE
- Ge Hong283 CE–343 CE (by another account died aged 81)
- He Chengtian370 CE–447 CE
- Zu Chongzhi429 CE–500 CE
- Tao Hongjing456 CE–536 CE (birth by another account 452)
- Li Daoyuanc. 466 CE–527 CE
- Jia SixieDates unknown; Northern Wei
- Zu GengDates unknown; active in the early 6th century
- Zhen Luan535 CE–death unknown
- Liu Chao544 CE–610 CE
- Yuwen Kai555 CE–612 CE
- Li Chunfeng602 CE–670 CE
- Seng Yixing683 CE–727 CE
- Liang LingzanDates unknown; Kaiyuan era of Emperor Xuanzong
- Jia Dan730 CE–805 CE
- Yan Su961 CE–1040 CE
- Su Song1020 CE–1101 CE
No people in this role for that dynasty.