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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
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
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
HS/7/83a	Translation of a letter, from Johann Franz Encke to Sir John Herschel, dated at Seeburg	22 October 1824
HS/7/99	Letter, from Johann Franz Encke to Sir John Herschel, dated at Berlin	11 November 1858
HS/7/92	Letter, from Johann Franz Encke to Sir John Herschel, dated at Berlin	20 March 1840
HS/7/95	Letter, from Johann Franz Encke to Sir John Herschel, dated at Berlin	31 October 1840
HS/7/83	Letter, from Johann Franz Encke to Sir John Herschel, dated at Seeburg	22 October 1824
HS/7/93	Letter, from Johann Franz Encke to Sir John Herschel, dated at London	5 September 1840
HS/7/91	Letter, from Johann Franz Encke to Sir John Herschel, dated at Berlin	9 March 1839
HS/7/100	Letter, from Johann Franz Encke to Sir John Herschel, dated at Berlin	17 July 1859
HS/7/94	Letter, from Johann Franz Encke to Sir John Herschel, dated at London	13 September 1840
HS/7/89	Letter, from Johann Franz Encke to Sir John Herschel, dated at Berlin	8 September 1833
HS/7/96	Letter, from Johann Franz Encke to Sir John Herschel, dated at Berlin	22 September 1846
HS/7/84	Letter, from Johann Franz Encke to Sir John Herschel, dated at Berlin	2 March 1826
HS/7/98	Letter, from Johann Franz Encke to Sir John Herschel, dated at Berlin	29 March 1850
HS/7/90	Letter, from Johann Franz Encke to Sir John Herschel, dated at Berlin	21 April 1835
HS/7/97	Letter, from Johann Franz Encke to Sir John Herschel, dated at Berlin	23 February 1847
HS/7/85	Letter, from Johann Franz Encke to Sir John Herschel, dated at Berlin	16 December 1826
HS/7/86	Letter, from Johann Franz Encke to Sir John Herschel, dated at Berlin	8 June 1828
HS/7/87	Letter, from Johann Franz Encke to Sir John Herschel, dated at Berlin	24 February 1830
HS/7/88	Draft letter, from Sir John Herschel to Johann Franz Encke, dated at Slough	19 March 1830
HS/7/82	Letter, from Johann Franz Encke to Sir John Herschel, dated at Seeburg	11 September 1824
HS/7/82a	Translation of a letter, from Johann Franz Encke to Sir John Herschel, dated at Seeburg	11 September 1824
HS/7/101	Letter, from Johann Franz Encke to Sir John Herschel, dated at Berlin	3 February 1861
MC/1/211	Letter from [John Frederick William] Herschel, Slough, to Davies Gilbert, President of the Royal Society	21 March 1830
HS/7/90a	Translation of a letter, from Johann Franz Encke to Sir John Herschel, dated at Berlin	21 April 1835
HS/25/5/5	Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to Johann Franz Encke, dated at Feldhausen	17 January 1837
HS/19/215	Letter, from Johann Franz Encke to Sir John Herschel, dated at Berlin	9 July 1835

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