Bernhard von Lindenau

Details

Instance of

human

Born

11 June 1779

Died

21 May 1854

Place of birth

Altenburg

Place of death

Altenburg

Sex or gender

male

Given name

Bernhard

Field of work

astronomy

Occupation

astronomer, politician, lawyer, jurist, member of parliament, minister

Position held

Member of the Frankfurt Parliament

Citizenship

Kingdom of Saxony, Duchy of Saxe-Altenburg

Awards

Civil Order of Saxony, Order of St. Vladimir, 4th class, Order of Saint John (Prussia), Order of the Saxe-Ernestine, Lalande Prize, Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Foreign Member of the Royal Society

academic degree

Doctor of Laws

archives at

Saxon State and University Library, Dresden

described by source

Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie, Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890), Dresdner Hefte

educated at

Leipzig University

end of work period

1854

languages spoken, written or signed

German

member of

Royal Society of London, Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Russian Academy of Sciences, Royal Prussian Academy of Sciences, Saxon Academy of Sciences and Humanities, Göttingen Academy of Sciences and Humanities in Lower Saxony

start of work period

1800

topic's main category

Category:Bernhard von Lindenau

work location

Dresden, Seeberg Observatory

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