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Authorised form of nameKirch; Christfried (1694 - 1740)
Other forms of nameChristofriedus
Other forms of surnameKirchius
Dates1694 - 1740
Place of birthGuben, Germany
Date of birth24 December 1694
Place of deathBerlin, Germany
Date of death09 March 1740
Research fieldAstronomy
Membership categoryFellow
Date of election16/12/1742
SourceSources:
Bulloch's Roll; DSB
CodeNA1273
Archives associated with this Fellow
RefNoTitleDate
RBO/20/25Observations of Mars in 1736 by C Kirch1737
CLP/8i/68Paper, regarding Christfried Kirch's observations of the comet witnessed at Berlin on 18 January 1718 by Sprengell1718
EL/K/27Letter, from Christfried Kirch, [to the Royal Society] dated at Berlin 20 July 1722
EC/1742/21Kirch, Christfried: certificate of election to the Royal Society16 December 1742
RBO/11/4'An Account of a Comet, which was observed at Berlin in the Royal Observatory Anno 1718 from January 18 to February 5 by Christfried Kirch' 1722
RBO/11/7'Observations on the Eclipse of the Moon June 18 1722 and the longitude of Port Royal in Jamaica determined thereby' by Edmond Halley1722
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