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Authorised form of nameSchumacher; Heinrich Christian (1780 - 1850)
Dates1780 - 1850
Place of birthBad Bramstedt, Holstein, Germany
Date of birth03 September 1780
Place of deathAltona, Germany
Date of death28 December 1850
OccupationAstronomer
Research fieldAstronomy
Geodesy
ActivityCareer:
Astronomer to the King of Denmark (by 1820)
Membership categoryForeign Member
Date of election12/04/1821
SourceSources:
Bulloch's Roll; DSB
Obituaries:
Proc Roy Soc 1850-1854 vol 6 pp 115-117
Virtual International Authority Filehttp://viaf.org/viaf/51695714
CodeNA5372
Archives associated with this Fellow
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IM/004028Schumacher, Heinrich Christiannd
MS/99Astronomical observations by Heinrich Christian Schumacher1820
MC/2/135Letter from Heinrich Christian Schumacher, Altona, to John William Lubbock, [Treasurer and] Vice-President of the Royal Society5 August 1834
MC/2/128Letter from Heinrich Christian Schumacher, Altona, to James Hudson, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society17 June 1834
MC/1/287Letter from Captain Edward Sabine, Charlemont Street [Dublin], to Davies Gilbert3 March 1831
MOB/059Troy pound and forkmid 19th century
EC/1821/14Schumacher, Heinrich Christian: certificate of election to the Royal Society
IM/004029Schumacher, Heinrich Christiannd
P/0115Portrait of Schumacher, Heinrich Christian1847
MC/1/283Letter from [Heinrich Christian] Schumacher, Altona, to James Hudson, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society8 February 1831
MC/1/285Letter from Francis Baily, 37 Tavistock Place, to Davies Gilbert25 February 1831
MC/2Volume 2 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society1832-1838
MC/2/267Letter from [Heinrich Christian] Schumacher, Altona, to Francis Baily, Vice-President and Treasurer of the Royal Society29 December 1837
MC/1Volume 1 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society1800-1831
MA/18Letter from Laurentius Feldt, Braunsberg [Poland], to Heinrich Christian Schumacher, Altona4 April 1837
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