Anders Petersen (photographer) it's encounters that matter, pictures are much less important." "I can't describe reality; at the most, I can try to capture things that seem to be valid, the way I see them." Anders Petersen (photographer) Anders Petersen (born 3 May 1944) is a Swedish photographer, who lives and works in Stockholm, Sweden. He is noted for his intimate and personal documentary-style black-and-white photographs. Petersen was born on 3 May 1944 in Solna, Sweden. He studied photography under Christer Strömholm in Sweden from 1966 to 1967. He is noted for his intimate and personal documentary-style black-and-white photographs. For three years beginning
Thomas Henderson (astronomer) Thomas Henderson (astronomer) Thomas Henderson FRSE FRS FRAS (28 December 1798 – 23 November 1844) was a Scottish astronomer and mathematician noted for being the first person to measure the distance to Alpha Centauri, the major component of the nearest stellar system to Earth, the first to determine the parallax of a fixed star, and for being the first Astronomer Royal for Scotland. Born in Dundee, he was educated at the High School of Dundee, after which he trained as a lawyer, working his way up through the profession as an assistant to a variety of nobles. However, his major