Conrad Quensel (astronomer)

Conrad Quensel

Conrad Quensel (born April 16, 1676 in Stockholm , † January 13, 1732 in Lund ) was a Swedish astronomer and mathematician .

Life

Conrad was a son of the assessor of the Åbo court court Wilhelm Johann Quensel († 1727) and Maria, née Bröms († 1697). His first marriage was in 1706 with Anna Wallwijk († 1711), in his second marriage in 1714 Ingeborg Tholin and in his third marriage in 1720 with Anna Petronella Federsdotter.

Quensel studied at Uppsala University from 1686 , and from 1691 in Åbo , where he became a Magister Adjunct of the Faculty of Philosophy in 1694 . As a professor of mathematics at the University of Pernau, he worked from 1705 to 1710 and was rector in the summer semester of 1708. From 1712 until the end of his life he was professor of mathematics at Lund University . Quensel was the first in Sweden to officially recognize the teachings of Copernicus .

Works

Quensel has published various programs and disputations.

Literature / web links

Baltic Historical Commission (ed.): Entry on Conrad Quensel. In: BBLD - Baltic Biographical Lexicon digital
Quensel, Conrad . In: Biographiskt lexicon öfver namnkunnige svenska men . tape 11 : P-Q . Vahlström & Låstbom, Uppsala 1845, p. 416-422 ( books.google.de ).
1. Quensel, Konrad . In: John Rosén, Theodor Westrin (ed.): Nordisk familjebok konversationslexikon och realencyklopedi . 1st edition. tape 13 : Pontin – Ruete . Gernandts boktryckeri, Stockholm 1889, Sp. 530-531 (Swedish, runeberg.org ).
1. Quensel, Konrad . In: Herman Hofberg, Frithiof Heurlin, Viktor Millqvist, Olof Rubenson (eds.): Svenskt biografiskt handlexikon . 2nd Edition. tape 2 : L – Z, including supplement . Albert Bonniers Verlag, Stockholm 1906, p. 308-309 (Swedish, runeberg.org ).
Quensel [kve'n-]. 1. Konrad Q. In: Theodor Westrin, Ruben Gustafsson Berg (eds.): Nordisk familjebok konversationslexikon och realencyklopedi . 2nd Edition. tape 22 : Possession – Retzia . Nordisk familjeboks förlag, Stockholm 1915, Sp. 755-756 (Swedish, runeberg.org ).
Burius is different: Conrad Quensel. In: Svenskt biografiskt lexikon . Volume 29: Ebeneow – Rettig. Bonnier, Stockholm 1997, p. 556 (Swedish, sok.riksarkivet.se ).

Individual evidence

^ Georg von Rauch : The University of Dorpat and the penetration of the early Enlightenment in Livonia 1690-1710. Essen Publishing House, Essen 1943, p. 394.
^ Johann Friedrich von Recke , Karl Eduard von Napiersky (Berab.): General writers and scholars lexicon of the provinces of Livonia, Esthland and Courland . Volume III, Johann Friedrich Steffenhagen and Son, Mitau 1831, p. 457 ( daten.digitale-sammlungen.de or books.google.de ).

personal data
SURNAME	Quensel, Conrad
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Swedish astronomer and mathematician
DATE OF BIRTH	April 16, 1676
PLACE OF BIRTH	Stockholm
DATE OF DEATH	January 13, 1732
Place of death	Lund

[1] Georg von Rauch : The University of Dorpat and the penetration of the early Enlightenment in Livonia 1690-1710. Essen Publishing House, Essen 1943, p. 394.

[2] Johann Friedrich von Recke , Karl Eduard von Napiersky (Berab.): General writers and scholars lexicon of the provinces of Livonia, Esthland and Courland . Volume III, Johann Friedrich Steffenhagen and Son, Mitau 1831, p. 457 ( daten.digitale-sammlungen.de or books.google.de ).