Gotthilf Christian Reccard

Gotthilf Christian Reccard ( silhouette )

Gotthilf Christian Reccard (born March 13, 1735 in Wernigerode , † October 3, 1798 in Königsberg ) was a German Protestant theologian and astronomer .

Life

Reccard was the son of a deacon and attended the Lyceum in Wernigerode. He studied in Halle and in 1762 became pastor at the Trinity Church and second inspector at the Realschule in Berlin . In 1765 he moved to Königsberg in East Prussia, where he was appointed professor of theology and consistorial councilor the following year . From 1776 to 1796 he was director of the Collegium Fridericianum . In addition to his job, he devoted himself to astronomical research. In 1765 he was elected a corresponding member of the Göttingen Academy of Sciences .

literature

E. Förstemann: Reccard, Christian . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 27, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1888, pp. 490-492.

Individual evidence

↑ Holger Krahnke: The members of the Academy of Sciences in Göttingen 1751-2001 (= Treatises of the Academy of Sciences in Göttingen, Philological-Historical Class. Volume 3, Vol. 246 = Treatises of the Academy of Sciences in Göttingen, Mathematical-Physical Class. Episode 3, vol. 50). Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 2001, ISBN 3-525-82516-1 , p. 197.

personal data
SURNAME	Reccard, Gotthilf Christian
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German Protestant theologian and astronomer
DATE OF BIRTH	March 13, 1735
PLACE OF BIRTH	Wernigerode
DATE OF DEATH	October 3, 1798
Place of death	Königsberg (Prussia)

[1] Holger Krahnke: The members of the Academy of Sciences in Göttingen 1751-2001 (= Treatises of the Academy of Sciences in Göttingen, Philological-Historical Class. Volume 3, Vol. 246 = Treatises of the Academy of Sciences in Göttingen, Mathematical-Physical Class. Episode 3, vol. 50). Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 2001, ISBN 3-525-82516-1 , p. 197.