| Authorised form of name | Angstrom; Anders Jonas (1814 - 1874) |
| Other forms of name | Anders Jons |
| Dates | 1814 - 1874 |
| Nationality | Swedish |
| Place of birth | Logdo, Medelpad, Sweden |
| Date of birth | 13 August 1814 |
| Place of death | Uppsala, Sweden |
| Date of death | 21 June 1874 |
| Research field | Astronomy |
| Physics |
| Optics |
| Activity | Education:
Uppsala. PhD (1839)
Career:
Assistant Professor of Astronomy; made observations on magnetic intensity and inclination throughout Sweden (1850-1870); Professor of Physics, Uppsala; did important work in spectrum analysis; died of pachymeningitis
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| Membership category | Foreign Member |
| Date of election | 24/11/1870 |
| Royal Society activity | Medals and prizes:
Rumford Medal 1872 |
| Relationships | Son of a chaplain |
| Sources | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll; DSB
Authority:
Altname from index to BR
Obituaries:
Proc Roy Soc 1876-1877 vol 25 pp xviii-xxii
References:
Frank A J L James, 'The Conservation of Energy, Theories of Absorption and Resonating Molecules, 1851-1854: G G Stokes, A J Angstrom and W Thomson' in NR 1983-84 vol 38 pp 79-107 |
| Virtual International Authority File | http://viaf.org/viaf/64818604 |
| Royal Society code | NA8103 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| Reference number | Title | Date |
| EC/1870/17 | Angstrom, Anders Jonas: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |
| MC/9/131 | Letter from And Jon [Anders Jonas] Ångström, Secretary of the Royal Society of Sciences, Upsala, to the Secretary of the Royal Society, London | October 1870 |
| MC/9/148 | Letter from And [Anders] Jonas Ångström, Upsala, to the Royal Society | 30 December 1870 |
| MC/9 | Volume 9 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society | 1870-June 1873 |
| MC/10/131 | Letter from Auguste Ångström to the Royal Society | c. June 1874 |
| MC/10 | Volume 10 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society | July 1873-1876 |
| PP/14/3/2 | Diagram, spectra of manganese, sodium and aurora by J N [Joseph Norman] Lockyer | 1889 |