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Christian Heinrich Friedrich Peters
German-American academic and astronomer (1813–1890)
Details
- Instance of
- human
- Born
- 19 September 1813, 1813
- Died
- 18 July 1890, 1890
- Place of birth
- Koldenbüttel
- Place of death
- Clinton
- Sex or gender
- male
- Given name
- Christian
- Family name
- Peters
- Father
- Hartwig Peters
- Field of work
- astronomy
- Occupation
- astronomer, university teacher, physicist
- Citizenship
- Kingdom of Denmark, Kingdom of Prussia, United States
- Awards
- Lalande Prize
- academic degree
- Doctor of Philosophy
- described by source
- Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
- different from
- Christian August Friedrich Peters
- educated at
- Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
- employer
- Litchfield Observatory
- languages spoken, written or signed
- German
- member of
- American Academy of Arts and Sciences, National Academy of Sciences, American Philosophical Society
- name in native language
- Christian Heinrich Friedrich Peters
- place of burial
- Hamilton College Cemetery
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