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Friedrich Wilhelm Argelander
German astronomer (1799–1875)
Details
- Instance of
- human
- Born
- 22 March 1799
- Died
- 17 February 1875
- Place of birth
- Klaipėda
- Place of death
- Bonn
- Sex or gender
- male
- Given name
- Friedrich
- Family name
- Argelander
- Field of work
- astronomy, geodesy, photometry, spherical astronomy, astronomical observation
- Occupation
- astronomer, university teacher
- Citizenship
- Kingdom of Prussia
- Awards
- Pour le Mérite for Sciences and Arts order, Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society, Demidov Prize, Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Foreign Member of the Royal Society, Order of Saint Stanislaus, 3rd class, Order of St. Vladimir, 4th class, honorary member of the Physics Association (Frankfurt am Main, Germany)
- described by source
- Nordisk familjebok, Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1969–1978), Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition, Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie, Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947), The Nuttall Encyclopædia, Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890), Astronomers: A Biographical Reference
- doctoral advisor
- Friedrich Bessel
- doctoral student
- Wilhelm Julius Foerster, Fredrik Mattsson Woldstedt, Adalbert Krueger, Eduard Heis
- educated at
- University of Königsberg
- interested in
- astronomy
- languages spoken, written or signed
- German
- member of
- Royal Society, Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities, Saint Petersburg Academy of Sciences, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, National Academy of Sciences, Göttingen Academy of Sciences and Humanities in Lower Saxony
- name in native language
- Friedrich Wilhelm August Argelander
- place of burial
- Alter Friedhof Bonn
- topic's main category
- Category:Friedrich Wilhelm August Argelander
- work location
- Bonn
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