| Authorised form of name | Hansen; Peter Andreas (1795 - 1874) |
| Dates | 1795 - 1874 |
| Place of birth | Tondern, Schleswig, Germany |
| Date of birth | 08 December 1795 |
| Place of death | Seeberg, Germany |
| Date of death | 28 March 1874 |
| Research field | Astronomy |
| Membership category | Foreign Member |
| Date of election | 04/06/1835 |
| Royal Society activity | Medals and prizes:
Copley Medal 1850 |
| Sources | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll; DSB
Obituaries:
Proc Roy Soc 1876-1877 vol 25 pp v-x
Notes:
certificate headed 'Read May 7th 1835' |
| Virtual International Authority File | http://viaf.org/viaf/62357779 |
| Royal Society code | NA5990 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| Reference number | Title | Date |
| EC/1835/33 | Hansen, Peter Andreas: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |
| MC/4/370 | Letter from P [Peter Andreas] Hansen, Gotha, to Colonel Edward Sabine, [Foreign Secretary of the Royal Society] | 17 December 1830 |
| MC/4 | Volume 4 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society | 1844-1850 |
| AP/25/22 | Unpublished letter, 'On a new method of computing the perturbations of planets where eccentricities and inclinations are not small' from Professor [Peter Andreas] Hansen to G B [George Biddell] Airy | 14 December 1842 |