Johann Kaspar Horner
Johann Kaspar Horner (born March 21, 1774 in Zurich ; † November 3, 1834 in Zurich) was a Swiss astronomer and mathematician .
Horner was adjunct Franz Xaver von Zachs at the Seeberg observatory in Gotha in 1798/99 .
There he took part in the conference as secretary of the first European astronomical congress.
Then he was employed by the electricity surveying authority in Hamburg.
On Zach's recommendation, from 1803 to 1806 he took part in the circumnavigation of the world by Captain Adam Johann von Krusenstern as an astronomer .
From 1809 to 1829 he was professor of mathematics at the Zurich high school. In 1806 he was elected a corresponding member of the Göttingen Academy of Sciences .
literature
- Andreas W. Daum : German Naturalists in the Pacific around 1800. Entanglement, Autonomy, and a Transnational Culture of Expertise . In: Hartmut Berghoff, Frank Biess, Ulrike Strasser (ed.): Exploration and entanglements: Germans in Pacific Worlds from the Early Modern Period to World War I . Berghahn Books, New York 2019, pp. 79-102 (English).
- Jürgen W. Koch: Horner, Johann Kaspar. In: Dirk Brietzke (Ed.): Hamburgische Biographie . Lexicon of persons. Volume 2. Wallstein, Göttingen 2003, ISBN 3-7672-1366-4 , pp. 198ff. Digitized
- Max Waldmeier: Horner, Johann Kaspar. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 9, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1972, ISBN 3-428-00190-7 , p. 638 f. ( Digitized version ).
- Georg von Wyß : Horner, Dr. Joh. Caspar . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 13, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1881, pp. 151-156.
- Joh. Kaspar Horner from Zurich . In: Rudolf Wolf: Biographies on the Cultural History of Switzerland , Volume 2, Orell, Füssli, Zurich 1859, pp. 353ff., Digitized
- Hans Locher-Balber: Dr. J. Caspar Horner, circumnavigator . In: To the eager Zurich youth for the New Year 1844 . Seventh piece, pp. 1–18, digitized . (A footnote on page 3 refers to the article in the negotiations of the Swiss non-profit society as a template. The name of the author is not mentioned and is in the communications of the Natural Research Society in Bern , No. 95 and 96 of April 17, 1847 , P. 68, taken from footnote 24, digitized .)
- Gottfried von Escher: Johann Kaspar Horner . In: Negotiations of the Swiss non-profit society . 21st report 1835, 2nd department (necrologist), Schläpfer, Trogen 1836, pp. 200–271, digitized , (the name of the author is not mentioned and is in the communications of the Natural Research Society in Bern , nos. 95 and 96 of April 17, 1847, p. 68, taken from footnote 24.)
- Heinrich Escher : Joh. Caspar Horner: depicted after his life and work , Schultheß'sche Buchhandlung, Zurich 1834, digitized
Web links
- Literature by and about Johann Kaspar Horner in the catalog of the German National Library
- Publication by JK Horner in the Astronomische Nachrichten (Vol. 5, 1826, p. 279)
Individual evidence
- ^ Andreas W. Daum: German Naturalists in the Pacific around 1800. Entanglement, Autonomy, and a Transnational Culture of Expertise . In: In: Hartmut Berghoff, Frank Biess, Ulrike Strasser (ed.): Exploration and entanglements: Germans in Pacific Worlds from the Early Modern Period to World War I . Berghahn, New York 2019, p. 86 f., 93 f .
- ↑ 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. 119. Here it appears under the name "Karl Horner".
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Horner, Johann Kaspar |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss astronomer and mathematician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 21, 1774 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Zurich |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 3, 1834 |
| Place of death | Zurich |