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Johann Franz Encke

German astronomer (1791–1865).

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Occupation

Astronomer
University Teacher
Mathematician

Member Of

10 items
Royal Society
German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina
Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
Saint Petersburg Academy of Sciences
American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Russian Academy of Sciences
Royal Prussian Academy of Sciences
Accademia Nazionale Delle Scienze Detta Dei XL
Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities
Göttingen Academy of Sciences

Place of Birth

Hamburg
Country
:
Hamburg

Country of Citizenship

Kingdom of Prussia

Date of Birth

9/23/1791
Reason for Preferred Rank
:
Most Precise Value
1791

Date of Death

8/26/1865
Reason for Preferred Rank
:
Most Precise Value
1865

Instance Of

Human

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Place of Death

Berlin
Spandau
Country
:
Kingdom of Prussia
Reason for Preferred Rank
:
Most Precise Value
Spandau

Award Received

Fellow of the Royal Society
(1825)
Point in Time
: 1825
Pour Le Mérite for Sciences and Arts Order
Royal Medal
(1828)
Point in Time
: 1828
Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society
(1830)
Point in Time
: 1830
Point in Time
: 1824
Bavarian Maximilian Order for Science and Art
(1853)
Point in Time
: 1853
Lalande Prize
(1819)
Point in Time
: 1819
Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
(1849)
Point in Time
: 1849

Educated At

University of Göttingen
(1809 - 1813)
End Cause
:
War
Start Time
: 1809
End Time
: 1813
Frederick William University Berlin
( - 1825)
Academic Degree
:
Doctor
End Time
: 1825
Gelehrtenschule Des Johanneums
(1808 - 1810)
Start Time
: 1808
End Time
: 1810

Given Name

Johann
Series Ordinal
:1
Franz
Series Ordinal
:2

Described by Source

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Nordisk Familjebok
Deutsche Biographie
Section
:Encke, Franz
URL
:bug2: http://wikiba.se/ontology#Url
Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1969–1978)
Section
:Энке Иоганн Франц
Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie
Statement Is Subject Of
:
Encke, Johann Franz
Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
Statement Is Subject Of
:
Q24508109
Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
Statement Is Subject Of
:
Q24734395
Desktop Encyclopedic Dictionary
Statement Is Subject Of
:
Q86854396
The Nuttall Encyclopædia
Subject Named As
:Encke, Johann Franz
Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th Edition (1885–1890)
Statement Is Subject Of
:
Q112774811
Encyclopædia Britannica 11th Edition
Statement Is Subject Of
:
1911 Encyclopædia Britannica/Encke, Johann Franz
Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1950–1958)
Volume
:49
Page(s)
:88
New International Encyclopedia
Statement Is Subject Of
:
The New International Encyclopædia/Encke, Johann Franz
Astronomers: A Biographical Reference
Small Soviet Encyclopedia
Statement Is Subject Of
:
Q87327367

Employer

Berlin Observatory
(1825 - 1863)
Start Time
: 1825
End Time
: 1863
Humboldt-Universität Zu Berlin
Reason for Deprecated Rank
:
Anachronism
Seeberg Observatory
(1816 - 1825)
Start Time
: 1816
End Time
: 1825
Hanseatic Legion
(1813 - 1816)
Subject Has Role
:
Lieutenant
Start Time
: 1813
End Time
: 1816
Frederick William University Berlin
(1844 - 1863)
Start Time
: 1844
End Time
: 1863

Commons Gallery

Johann Franz Encke

Notable Work

Comet Encke
Reason for Deprecated Rank
:
Logical Contradiction

Family Name

Encke

Languages Spoken, Written or Signed

German

Place of Burial

Q61449460
Coordinate Location
: 52.4952°N 13.3916°E

Sex or Gender

Male

Name in Native Language

Johann Franz Encke

Image of Grave

Field of Work

Astronomy
Mathematics

Doctoral Advisor

Carl Friedrich Gauss

Described at URL

http://www.digiporta.net/index.php?i ...

Father

August Johann Michael Encke

Sibling

August Encke

Child

Rudolph Encke
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