Peter Andreas Hansen

Details

Instance of

human

Born

8 December 1795

Died

28 March 1874

Place of birth

Tønder

Place of death

Gotha

Sex or gender

male

Given name

Peter, Andreas

Family name

Hansen

Child

Marie Hansen-Taylor, Wilhelm Hansen, Emma Wagner

Field of work

astronomy, astronomical observatory, astrometry, mathematics, clock, chronometry

Occupation

mathematician, astronomer, geodesist, scientist, adviser, watchmaker, surveyor

Citizenship

Duchy of Schleswig

Awards

Copley Medal, Pour le Mérite for Sciences and Arts order, Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society, Foreign Member of the Royal Society, Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

described by source

Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1969–1978), Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie, Otto's encyclopedia, Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947), Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890), Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition, Astronomers: A Biographical Reference

doctoral advisor

Heinrich Christian Schumacher

doctoral student

Hugo Gyldén

educated at

University of Jena

languages spoken, written or signed

German

member of

Royal Society, German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina, Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, Saint Petersburg Academy of Sciences, Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Saxon Academy of Sciences and Humanities, Accademia Nazionale delle Scienze detta dei XL, Göttingen Academy of Sciences and Humanities in Lower Saxony, Pontificia Accademia dei Nuovi Lincei

name in native language

Peter Andreas Hansen

place of burial

main cemetery Gotha

topic's main category

Category:Peter Andreas Hansen

work location

Gotha

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