Hermann Joseph Klein

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Hermann Joseph Klein (born September 14, 1844 in Cologne ; † July 1, 1914 there ) was a German astronomer , meteorologist and popular science author.

Life

Klein first learned the book trade, but later studied mathematics and astronomy and set up a private observatory in Cologne . Klein was best known for careful observations of the surface of the moon . He was then director of the weather station of the Kölnische Zeitung and from 1865 to 1908 editor of the scientific journal Gaea and from 1878 to 1914 in the same function responsible for the popular astronomical journal Sirius .

Since 1890 he also published the yearbook of astronomy and geophysics . Klein could no longer realize the edition planned for 1913 himself. The Radeberg natural scientist Theodor Arldt took on this task and in July 1914 acted as the editor of the last volume XXIV, with which the publication was discontinued.

The little moon crater is named after him.

Fonts

  • Instructions for surveying the sky. Braunschweig 1880. 3. A. udT: Handbook of the general description of heaven . Brunswick 1901
    • Handbook of the general description of the heavens: From the standpoint of the cosmic worldview . 2nd Edition. 1: The solar system. According to the present state of science. F. Vieweg and Son, Braunschweig 1871 ( digitized version ).
    • Handbook of the general description of the heavens: From the standpoint of the cosmic worldview . 2: The fixed star sky. According to the present state of science. F. Vieweg and Son, Braunschweig 1872 ( digitized version ).
  • Geography textbook for higher education institutions. 2., verb. u. Probably ed., Vieweg, Braunschweig 1885 (digitized version)
  • General weather studies. Vienna u. Prague 1887.
  • Star atlas. Leipzig 1888.
  • Astronomical evenings. Leipzig 1890.
  • Cosmological letters. Leipzig 1897.
  • The wonders of the globe. Leipzig 1898.
  • Guide in the starry sky. Leipzig 1892.

literature

Web links

Wikisource: Hermann Joseph Klein  - Sources and full texts

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Andreas W. Daum: Science popularization in the 19th century. Civil culture, scientific education and the German public 1848–1914 . 2nd, supplementary edition. Oldenbourg, Munich 2002, ISBN 3-486-56551-6 , p. 358-360, 400, 458, 496 .
personal data
SURNAME Klein, Hermann Joseph
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German astronomer and meteorologist
DATE OF BIRTH September 14, 1844
PLACE OF BIRTH Cologne
DATE OF DEATH July 1, 1914
Place of death Cologne