Anne Tihon (born 1944)[1] is a Belgian historian of science specializing in the history of astronomy, with works on Theon of Alexandria, Byzantine astronomy, and astronomical tables. She is a professor emerita in the Faculty of Philosophy, Arts and Letters of the Université catholique de Louvain.[2]

Books

Tihon's books and critical editions include:

  • Barlaam de Seminara, Traités sur les éclipses de soleil de 1333 et 1337 [ Barlaam of Seminara's treatises on the solar eclipses of 1333 and 1337], with Joseph Mogenet and Daniel Donnet, Éditions Peeters, 1977[3]
  • Le petit commentaire de Théon d'Alexandrie aux tables faciles de Ptolémée [The Little Commentary of Theon of Alexandria on Ptolemy's Handy Tables], Studi e Testi Roma, 1978[4]
  • Le "Grand Commentaire" de Theon d'Alexandrie aux tables faciles de Ptolemee, Vatican Library, Vol. I (with Joseph Mogenet), 1985; Vols. II–III, 1991; Vol. IV, 1999[5]
  • Études d'astronomie byzantine [Studies in Byzantine astronomy], Ashgate, 1994[6]
  • Georges Gémiste Pléthon, Manuel d'astronomie [Gemistus Pletho, Manual of astronomy], with Raymond Mercier, Academia Bruylant, 1998[7]
  • Une version Byzantine du traité sur l'astrolabe du Pseudo-Messahalla [A Byzantine version of the Pseudo-Messahalla astrolabe treatise], with Régine Leurquin and Claudy Scheuren, Bruylant, 2001[8]
  • Πτολεμαιου προχειροι κανονες: Les Tables Faciles de Ptolémée [Ptolomy's Handy Tables], Vols. Ia–Ib, with Raymond Mercier, Université catholique de Louvain, 2011[9]
  • Conformément aux observations d'Hipparque : le Papyrus Fouad inv. 267A [In accordance with Hipparchus's observations: the Papyrus Fouad inv. 267A], with Jean-Luc Fournet and Raymond Mercier, Université catholique de Louvain, 2014[10]

Recognition

Tihon became a corresponding member of the International Academy of the History of Science in 1986, and was raised to a full member in 2002.[11]

References

  1. Birth year from French National Library, retrieved 2020-10-31
  2. Anne Tihon, Professeure Émérite, Université catholique de Louvain, retrieved 2020-10-31
  3. Reviews of Traités sur les éclipses de soleil de 1333 et 1337:
  4. Reviews of Le petit commentaire de Théon d'Alexandrie:
  5. Reviews of Le "Grand Commentaire" de Theon d'Alexandrie:
  6. Reviews of Études d'astronomie byzantine:
  7. Reviews of Georges Gémiste Pléthon, Manuel d'astronomie:
  8. Reviews of Une version Byzantine du traité sur l'astrolabe du Pseudo-Messahalla:
  9. Reviews of Πτολεμαιου προχειροι κανονες:
  10. Reviews of Conformément aux observations d'Hipparque:
    • Duke, Dennis (February 2018), Aestimatio: Critical Reviews in the History of Science, 12: 90–99, doi:10.33137/aestimatio.v12i0.29339{{citation}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)
    • Jones, Alexander (2016), Archiv für Papyrusforschung, 62 (1): 203–207, doi:10.1515/apf-2016-0017, hdl:2451/60921{{citation}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)
    • Nicolaidis, Efthymios (November 2014), Almagest, 5 (2): 128–130, doi:10.1484/j.almagest.5.103570{{citation}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)
    • Sidoli, Nathan (July 2020), Aestimatio: Critical Reviews in the History of Science, 14: 1–5, doi:10.33137/aestimatio.v14i0.34565{{citation}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)
  11. Membres correspondants et membres effectifs, International Academy of the History of Science, retrieved 2020-10-31
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