Johann Georg Hagen
Johann Georg Hagen , SJ (born March 6, 1847 in Bregenz , Vorarlberg , † September 5, 1930 in Rome ) was an Austrian Jesuit and astronomer .
He attended the Jesuit high school Stella Matutina in Feldkirch and studied mathematics and astronomy at the universities of Bonn and Münster . He was a volunteer in the Franco-Prussian War , but fell ill with typhus .
In 1888, Hagen was entrusted with the management of the Jesuit-sponsored Georgetown University in Washington, DC. In 1906, Hagen was promoted to director of the Vatican Observatory at Castel Gandolfo in the Alban Mountains . His research mainly focused on dark clouds and variable stars .
In honor of Johann Georg Hagen, a crater on the back of the moon bears the name Hagen , and the University of Münster awarded him an honorary doctorate. Since 1908 he was a member of the Leopoldina , since 1922 a member of the Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei .
Works
- Atlas Stellarum Variabilium (1890–1908; Atlas of Variable Stars)
literature
- Arndt Latußeck: Via Nubila - at the bottom of the sky. Johann Georg Hagen and the Cosmic Clouds . Tredition GmbH, Hamburg 2009 , ISBN 978-3-86850-472-9 .
- Friedrich Becker : Hagen, Johann Georg. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 7, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1966, ISBN 3-428-00188-5 , p. 478 f. ( Digitized version ).
- Hagen P. Johann Georg. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 2, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1959, p. 143.
Web links
- Publications by JG Hagen in the Astrophysics Data System
- Obituaries for JG Hagen in the Astrophysics Data System
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Hagen, Johann Georg |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian Jesuit and astronomer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 6, 1847 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bregenz , Vorarlberg |
| DATE OF DEATH | 5th September 1930 |
| Place of death | Rome |