Authorised form of name | Bessel; Friedrich Wilhelm (1784 - 1846); astronomer |
Dates | 1784 - 1846 |
Place of birth | Minden, Germany |
Date of birth | 22 July 1784 |
Place of death | Konigsberg, East Prussia |
Date of death | 17 March 1846 |
Research field | Astronomy |
Geodesy |
Mathematics |
Membership category | Foreign Member |
Date of election | 09/06/1825 |
Source | Sources: Bulloch's Roll; DSB Obituaries: Proc Roy Soc 1846 No 66 pp 644-649 Notes: Konigsberg became Kaliningrad, USSR. Citation: opening 'M' intended as title, not initial |
Virtual International Authority File | http://viaf.org/viaf/24674424 |
Code | NA3847 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
RefNo | Title | Date |
EC/1825/09 | Bessel, Friedrich Wilhelm: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |
MC/1/287 | Letter from Captain Edward Sabine, Charlemont Street [Dublin], to Davies Gilbert | 3 March 1831 |
MC/1/285 | Letter from Francis Baily, 37 Tavistock Place, to Davies Gilbert | 25 February 1831 |
MC/2 | Volume 2 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society | 1832-1838 |
MC/2/76 | Letter from Professor [Stephen Peter] Rigaud, Observatory Oxford, to John William Lubbock, Treasurer of the Royal Society | 12 April 1833 |
MC/1 | Volume 1 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society | 1800-1831 |