Adolf Ludwig Agathon von Parpart
Adolf Ludwig Agathon von Parpart (born November 13, 1806 on the Althausen domain near Culm ; † December 20, 1867 at Gut Storlus ) was a German astronomer , musician and composer.
Von Parpart came from a noble family from West Prussia and studied law and cameral sciences at the University of Berlin and Warsaw after attending school in Thorn and Posen . He then learned agriculture in his father's business and in 1831 acquired the Storlus estate for his own management. Von Parpart emerged as a musician and composer. He composed both symphony concerts and operas and performed them publicly as a conductor in Culm. As an enthusiastic astronomer, he built his own observatory on his Gut Storlus. His observatory had a telescope by Pistor & Martin . The observations led to several publications by Parparts, whose theses, however, were not scientifically tenable. He was one of the founding members of the German Astronomical Society .
family
His parents were Ludwig von Parpart (born September 13, 1769; † December 18, 1847) and his wife Amelie Von Valtier De Valmarten (born June 27, 1780; † April 9, 1853). He married Stephanie von Loga in 1835 (* February 10, 1814; † 1904). The couple had the following children:
- Alfred Oscar (born June 18, 1843)
- Elvira (born November 30, 1836) ∞ Rudolf von Lawrenz, Lord of Lawrenz
- Ida (born July 9, 1838) ∞ Karl Merleker, Royal Prussian Finance Councilor
- Anton Adolf (* October 22, 1839; † 1882)
- Emil Arthur (* October 8, 1840; † February 5, 1916) ∞ Gertrud Schröder (* July 27, 1848)
- Hermann Stephan (* 1845)
- Arthur Nicolaus (* 1853)
Fonts
- Report to the Academy of Sciences in Berlin on the astronomical and meteorological observations made at the Storlus observatory during the solar eclipse of July 28, 1851 , Culm 1851
- Investigations on the gravicentric indicator , Culm 1867
- Various articles in the astronomical news and in Jahn's conversations
literature
- Siegmund Günther: Parpart, Adolf Ludwig Agathon from . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 25, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1887, p. 183.
- Gothaisches genealogisches Taschenbuch der Briefadeligen houses, 1909 p.585f , 1913 p.618f
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ According to other sources 1802 cf. Adolph Ludwig Agathon von Parpart Kgl. prussia. Lt. a. D. and Stephanie von Loga
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Parpart, Adolf Ludwig Agathon from |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German astronomer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 13, 1806 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Althausen |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 20, 1867 |
| Place of death | at Gut Storlus |