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Authorised form of nameAuwers; Arthur (1838 - 1915)
Other forms of nameArthur Julius Georg Friedrich von
Dates1838 - 1915
NationalityGerman
Place of birthGottingen, Germany
Date of birth12 September 1838
Place of deathLichterfelde bei Berlin, Berlin
Date of death24/01/1915
Research fieldAstronomy
ActivityEducation:
PhD
Career:
Secretary, Academy of Science, Berlin; Secretary, Venus Commisssion (1869-1899); Director, Astronomical Observatory, Potsdam (1876-1882)
Memberships:
ARAS
Membership categoryForeign Member
Date of election03/04/1879
SourceSources:
Bulloch's Roll; DSB
Obituaries:
Proc Roy Soc Series A 1915-1916 vol 92 pp xvi-xx signed by F W D
Virtual International Authority Filehttp://viaf.org/viaf/64130272
CodeNA7576
Archives associated with this Fellow
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EC/1879/07Auwers, Arthur: certificate of election to the Royal Society
MM/17/19Letter from Arthur Auwers to William Spottiswoode15 July 1880
NLB/19/695Copy letter from Arthur William Rucker, to Professor Arthur Auwers, [Fellow of the Royal Society], Akademie der Wissenschaften, Berlin 24 November 1899
NLB/20/643Copy letter from Michael Foster, to le President du Comite de l'Association Internationale de Academies, a l'Academie des Sciences, Paris8 June 1900
NLB/23/1/68Copy letter from Theodore E James, to Professor Dr Arthur Auwers, [Fellow of the Royal Society] Secretar, Königlich Akademie der Wissenschaften, Universitatsstrasse 8, Berlin, NW, 710 September 1901
MC/8/226Letter from A [Arthur] Auwers, Secretary of the Astronomische Gesellschaft, Sigismundstrasse 1, Berlin, to Professor W H [William Hallowes] Miller, Foreign Secretary of the Royal Society28 June 1868
MC/11/382Letter from A [Arthur] Auwers, Lindenstrasse 103, Berlin, to William Spottiswoode, [President of the Royal Society]16 June 1879
MC/11Volume 11 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society1877-1879
MC/8Volume 8 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society1867-1869
HS/1/426Letter, from Georg F. J. A. Auwers to Sir John Herschel, dated at Greenwich15 July 1868
HS/1/425Letter, from Georg F. J. A. Auwers to Sir John Herschel, dated at Greenwich13 July 1868
HS/1/424Letter, from Georg F. J. A. Auwers to Sir John Herschel, dated at Gotha14 October 1864
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