Anders Johan Lexell
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| Gender | Male |
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| Death | 240 years ago |
| Date of birth | December 24,1740 |
| Zodiac sign | Capricorn |
| Born | Turku |
| Finland | |
| Date of died | December 11,1784 |
| Died | Saint Petersburg |
| Russia | |
| Alma mater | Royal Academy of Turku |
| Parents | Jonas Lexell |
| Influenced by | Leonhard Euler |
| Fields | Mathematician |
| Physicist | |
| Astronomer | |
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| ID | 981909 |
Anders Johan Lexell Life story
Anders Johan Lexell was a Finnish-Swedish astronomer, mathematician, and physicist who spent most of his life in Imperial Russia, where he was known as Andrei Ivanovich Leksel. Lexell made important discoveries in polygonometry and celestial mechanics; the latter led to a comet named in his honour.
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