Augustin Grischow
Augustin Grischow (born December 13, 1683 in Anklam ; † November 10, 1749 in Berlin ; also August Grischow ) was a German mathematician and meteorologist .
Life
Augustin Grischow was the son of an Anklam businessman. He went to school in Anklam and Danzig and studied theology, philosophy and mathematics at the University of Jena . After receiving his master's degree, he gave lectures in Jena as an adjunct in the philosophical faculty. After he was widely known through the publication of several writings, he followed a call to a professorship in mathematics at the Berlin Collegium Medicum in 1725 . A little later he became a member of the Academy of Sciences . Here he concentrated on astronomical and meteorological studies, for which he wrote other writings, some of which were published. He devoted himself to improving the barometer and other instruments.
Fonts
- Introductio in philologiam generalem . 1714-1715
- Isagoge ad studia mathematica . 1712
- Ophthalmographia . 1716
- Astrognosia novissima . In: Miscellanea Berolinensia .
- Détermination de la différence des meridians de Paris et de Berlin, prés. à l'académie de Paris .
literature
- Literature about Augustin Grischow in the state bibliography MV
- Theodor Pyl : Grischow, August . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 9, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1879, p. 703.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Grischow, Augustin |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Grischow, August |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German mathematician and meteorologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 13, 1683 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Anklam |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 10, 1749 |
| Place of death | Berlin |