Eduard Heis (1806-1877)
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- Name (English)
- Eduard Heis
- Short name
- Eduard Heis
- Year of birth
- 1806
- Year of death
- 1877
- Short Description
- "Eduard Heis (18 February 1806, Cologne – 30 June 1877 in Münster) was a German mathematician and astronomer.
He completed his education at the University of Bonn in 1827, then taught mathematics at a school in Cologne. In 1832 he taught at Aachen, and remained there until 1852. He was then appointed by King Frederick William IV to a chair position at the Academy of Münster in 1852. In 1869 he became rector of the Academy.
While at the academy he made a series of observations of the night sky, including the Milky Way, zodiacal light, stars, and shooting stars. These were published in the following works, among others:" - (en.wikipedia.org 12.08.2021) - Entity Encoding
- piz
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