Johannes Hevelius
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Gender | Male |
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Death | 337 years ago |
Date of birth | January 28,1611 |
Zodiac sign | Aquarius |
Born | Gdansk |
Poland | |
Date of died | January 28,1687 |
Died | Gdansk |
Poland | |
Place of burial | St. Catherine's Church, Gdańsk, Poland |
Spouse | Elisabeth Hevelius |
Katharine Rebeschke | |
Job | Astronomer |
Books | Selenographia, sive Lunae descriptio |
Machina Coelestis | |
The Star Atlas | |
The illustrated account given by Hevelius in his Machina celestis of the method of mounting his telescopes and erecting an observatory: reprinted from an original copy | |
Correspondence with Peter Cruger | |
Children | Katarzyna Elżbieta Lange |
Julianna Renata Hindrickson | |
Nationality | German |
Polish | |
Education | Leiden University |
Date of Reg. | |
Date of Upd. | |
ID | 651883 |
Johannes Hevelius Life story
Johannes Hevelius was a councillor and mayor of Gdańsk, in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. As an astronomer, he gained a reputation as "the founder of lunar topography", and described ten new constellations, seven of which are still used by astronomers.