| Authorised form of name | Zach; Franz Xaver (1754 - 1832) |
| Dates | 1754 - 1832 |
| Date of birth | 04 June 1754 |
| Place of death | Paris |
| Date of death | 02 September 1832 |
| Occupation | Engineer |
| Research field | Astronomy |
| Activity | Education:
LLD (Oxford)
Career:
Lived in London with the Saxon Ambassador, J M von Bruhl (FRS 1765); Major (1786), later Colonel in the service of Duke Ernst of Saxe-Gotha; Director of the Observatory founded by the Duke at Seeberg (1787-1806); subsequently served the Duke's widow in Genoa and Lucca; died of cholera
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| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 12/04/1804 |
| Source | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll
Obituaries:
Proc Roy Soc 1832-1833 No 11 pp 152-153 |
| Virtual International Authority File | http://viaf.org/viaf/52446 |
| Code | NA7432 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| RefNo | Title | Date |
| MM/25/1 | Letter from William Frend, Stoke Newington, to William Samuel Stratford RN, Metropolitan, Verulam's Buildings, Grays Inn, London | 27 October 1828 |
| L&P/12/4 | Letter, 'Observations at Seeberg, Gotha of Piazzi's new planet, Ceres Ferdinandea' from Franz Xaver Zach to Nevil Maskelyne | 14 January 1802 |
| L&P/8/62 | Paper, 'Solution of the problem of the oblate figure' by Franz Xaver von Zach | 31 January 1784 |
| L&P/12/14 | Letter, 'Observations of Ceres Ferdinandea' from Franz Xaver Zach to Joseph Banks | 8 February 1802 |
| L&P/12/9 | Letter, 'Observations of Ceres Ferdinandea' from Franz Xaver Zach to Joseph Banks | 30 January 1802 |
| L&P/12/15 | Letter, 'Observations of Ceres Ferdinandea' from Franz Xaver Zach to Joseph Banks | 20 February 1802 |
| EC/1786/04 | Zach, Franz Xaver: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |
| EC/1803/11 | Zach, Franz Xaver: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |
| EC/1787/34 | Zach, Franz Xaver: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |
| MC/2 | Volume 2 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society | 1832-1838 |
| MC/2/66 | Letter from Mr Cardot, Institut Royal de France, to James Hudson, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society | 26 December 1832 |
| HS/18/360 | Letter, from Franz Xaver von Zach to Sir John Herschel, dated at Genoa | 10 January 1822 |
| HS/18/361 | Letter, from Franz Xaver von Zach to Sir John Herschel, dated at Genoa | 7 February 1825 |