Johann Gabriel Doppelmayr

Johann Gabriel Doppelmayr (also Doppelmeier ; born September 27, 1677 in Nuremberg ; † December 1, 1750 ibid) was a German astronomer .

Life

Doppelmayr was born in Nuremberg as the son of a businessman. After attending the Nuremberg Aegidianum , he enrolled at the University of Altdorf in the law faculty in 1696 . Soon, however, he switched to the University of Halle and devoted himself only to mathematics and physics. Doppelmayr later became Professor of Mathematics in Nuremberg.

In 1710 he became director of the Eimmart Observatory in Nuremberg. In 1715 he was elected a member of the Leopoldina . In 1740 he became an honorary member of the Russian Academy of Sciences in Saint Petersburg .

His most famous work is the Historical Message from the Nuremberg Mathematicis and Artists , published in 1730 .

During his lifetime he was best known as a mathematician. He published important works on instrument science and translated some specialist books into German. From 1728 he built earth and celestial globes together with Johann Georg Puschner . In 1742 his New Sky Atlas was published , in which the astronomical knowledge of his time is summarized on magnificent maps.

Doppelmayer died in 1750 as a result of a severe electric shock from a battery of Leiden bottles .

The asteroid (12622) Doppelmayr and the two structures on the Earth's moon lunar crater Doppelmayer and the lunar groove system of the Rimae Doppelmayer are named after him.

Publications

PHÆNOMENA , panel from the Atlas Coelestis , 1742

Historical message from the Nuremberg mathematicians and artists. Nuremberg 1730.
Atlas Coelestis in quo Mundus Spectabilis . Facsimile of the Nuremberg edition from 1742 in 30 double-sided plates. Albireo Verlag, Cologne 2014, ISBN 978-3-9816040-1-6 .

Auctions

1831 in Nuremberg: A couple of the like [an earth and a celestial globe] 7 inch, v. Doppelmeier in Nuremberg.

literature

Moritz Cantor : Doppelmayr, Gabriel . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 5, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1877, p. 344 f.
Adolf Wißner: Doppelmayr, Johann Gabriel. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 4, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1959, ISBN 3-428-00185-0 , p. 76 ( digitized version ).
Hans Gaab: Johann Gabriel Doppelmayr (1677-1750). In: Dick, Wolfgang R .; Hamel, Jürgen (Ed.): Contributions to the history of astronomy, Volume 4. Frankfurt am Main: Harri Deutsch 2001, pp. 46–99

Individual evidence

↑ Ralf Kern: Scientific instruments in their time . Vol. 3: Striving for Accuracy in Time and Space . Cologne, 2010. p. 243.
^ Foreign members of the Russian Academy of Sciences since 1724. Johann Gabriel Doppelmayr. Russian Academy of Sciences, accessed August 28, 2015 (in Russian).
^ Auction from February 2, 1829 in Nuremberg. in: Directory of books = collection of Rector Hoffmann , who died in Nuremberg , which ... Google Books, online , p. 7, item 97.
^ Wilhelm Raith: Electromagnetism. Walter de Gruyter, 2006. p. 83.
^ Auctioned from January 24, 1831 in Nuremberg. in: Directory of the book collection of the general practitioner who died in Nuremberg, Dr. Med.Weber from various disciplines, particularly from medicine, natural history, ... Google Books, online , p. 176, position 3.

Web links

Commons : Johann Gabriel Doppelmayr - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Literature by and about Johann Gabriel Doppelmayr in the catalog of the German National Library
Detailed biography with pictures
Historical news from the Nuremberg Mathematicis and artists digitized on GoogleBooks
Atlas Coelestis (Sky Atlas) , digitized version of the French National Library, Paris
Atlas Coelestis in the Ryhiner Collection
Contribution to "Astronomy in Nuremberg"
The moon crater named after Doppelmayr

personal data
SURNAME	Doppelmayr, Johann Gabriel
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Doppelmeier, Gabriel; Doppelmeyer, Johann Gabriel; Doppelmaierus, Johannes Gabriel; Doppelmaier, Johannes Gabriel; Doppelmayr, Johannes Gabriel; Doppelmaier, Johann Gabriel; Doppelmayer, Johann Gabriel; Doppelmayr, Joh. Gabr .; Doppelmeyr, Johann G.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German astronomer
DATE OF BIRTH	September 27, 1677
PLACE OF BIRTH	Nuremberg
DATE OF DEATH	December 1, 1750
Place of death	Nuremberg

[1] Ralf Kern: Scientific instruments in their time . Vol. 3: Striving for Accuracy in Time and Space . Cologne, 2010. p. 243.

[2] Foreign members of the Russian Academy of Sciences since 1724. Johann Gabriel Doppelmayr. Russian Academy of Sciences, accessed August 28, 2015 (in Russian).

[3] Auction from February 2, 1829 in Nuremberg. in: Directory of books = collection of Rector Hoffmann , who died in Nuremberg , which ... Google Books, online , p. 7, item 97.

[4] Wilhelm Raith: Electromagnetism. Walter de Gruyter, 2006. p. 83.

[5] Auctioned from January 24, 1831 in Nuremberg. in: Directory of the book collection of the general practitioner who died in Nuremberg, Dr. Med.Weber from various disciplines, particularly from medicine, natural history, ... Google Books, online , p. 176, position 3.