| Authorised form of name | Encke; Johann Franz (1791 - 1865); astronomer |
| Dates | 1791 - 1865 |
| Place of birth | Hamburg, Germany |
| Date of birth | 23 September 1791 |
| Place of death | Spandau, near Berlin, Germany |
| Date of death | 26 August 1865 |
| Research field | Astronomy |
| Activity | Career:
Established the movement of Encke's comet
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| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 09/06/1825 |
| Sources | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll; DSB
Obituaries:
Proc Roy Soc 1866-1867 vol 15 pp xliv-xlvi
Notes:
DSB gives death date as 28 August 1865 |
| Virtual International Authority File | http://viaf.org/viaf/62300957 |
| Royal Society code | NA7256 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| Reference number | Title | Date |
| MC/1/211 | Letter from [John Frederick William] Herschel, Slough, to Davies Gilbert, President of the Royal Society | 21 March 1830 |
| EC/1825/12 | Encke, Johann Franz: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |
| MC/1 | Volume 1 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society | 1800-1831 |
| MC/9/344 | Letter from W [Wilhelm] Foerster, Director of the Berlin Observatory, Berlin, to the Royal Society | 15 March 1872 |
| MC/9/353 | Letter from W [Wilhelm] Foerster, Berlin, to the Royal Society | 15 March 1872 |
| MC/9 | Volume 9 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society | 1870-June 1873 |