| Authorised form of name | Rumker; Karl Ludwig Christian (1788 - 1862); astronomer |
| Dates | 1788 - 1862 |
| Place of birth | Burg Stargard, Mecklenburg, Germany, Europe |
| Date of birth | 28 May 1788 |
| Place of death | Lisbon, Portugal, Europe |
| Date of death | 21 December 1862 |
| Occupation | Astronomer |
| Research field | Astronomy |
| Activity | Education:
Builders' Academy, Berlin (1807)
Career:
Taught mathematics in Hamburg (1807-1809); Midshipman in the British East India Company; Merchant Navy (1811-1813); Schoolmaster, Royal Navy (1813-1817); took part in an expedition to Algiers whilst serving on HMS Albion (1816); Director, School of Navigation , Hamburg (1819-1820); Astronomer, Paramatta Observatory, New South Wales (1821-1823), Government Astronomer, Australia (1826-182); Director,, Hamburg Observatory (1830-1833); Director, Hamburg Sternwarte, Stadtwall (1833-1857); resided in Lisbon, Portugal (1857-1862)
Awards/Prizes:
Silver medal of the Royal Astronomical Society for his e-discovery of Comet Encke 1822; gold medal of the Institut de France
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| Membership category | Foreign Member |
| Date of election | 14/06/1855 |
| Age at election | 67 |
| Source | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll
Obituaries:
Proc Roy Soc 1863-1864 vol 13 pp xvi-xix |
| Virtual International Authority File | http://viaf.org/viaf/5276841 |
| Code | NA3777 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| RefNo | Title | Date |
| EC/1855/19 | Rumker, Karl Ludwig Christian: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |
| MM/22/67 | Letter from Charles Rumker, with Professor Schumacher in Altona, to Davies Gilbert, President of the Royal Society, Somerset House, London | 5 March 1830 |
| MC/1/352 | Letter from Thomas Henderson, 1 Old Palace Yard, Westminster, [Dr. Peter Mark Roget and John George Children,] Secretaries of the Royal Society | 13 December 1831 |
| MC/1 | Volume 1 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society | 1800-1831 |
| AP/11/5/3 | Unpublished letter, regarding fourth set of observations from Australia from Tho [Thomas] Brisbane to Sir H [Humphry] Davy | 14 February 1823 |
| AP/11/5/4 | Unpublished letter, regarding meteorological observations in Australia from Tho [Thomas] Brisbane to Sir H [Humphry] Davy | 18 April 1823 |
| AP/11/5/2 | Unpublished letter, regarding astronomical observations from Australia from Tho [Thomas] Brisbane to Sir Humphry Davy | 18 January 1823 |
| AP/11/5/1 | Unpublished letter, regarding observations at Australian Observatory from Tho [Thomas] Brisbane to Sir Humphry Davy | 6 September 1822 |
| AP/11/5/6 | Unpublished letter, regarding observations with invariable pendulum from Tho [Thomas] Brisbane to Capt [Henry] Kater | 6 November 1824 |