Peder Horrebow (astronomer, 1679)
Peder Nielsen Horrebow (born May 14, 1679 in Løgstør , Jutland , † April 15, 1764 in Copenhagen ) was a Danish astronomer .
Life
Horrebow became professor of mathematics at the University of Copenhagen in 1714 . He was also director of the university's observatory. In the years 1738–1739 and 1747–1748 he was rector of the University of Copenhagen. Horrebow developed a precision method of astronomy and geodesy for determining the pole height, the so-called Horrebow-Talcott method . This was rediscovered by Andrew Talcott in 1833 .
In 1746 he was accepted as a foreign member of the Royal Prussian Society of Sciences . The lunar crater Horrebow is named after him.
His sons Christian Pedersen Horrebow (1718–1776) and Peder Horrebow (1728–1812) were also astronomers.
Web links
- Horrebow, Peder Nielsen ; The Galileo Project (English)
- Biography, in Danish
- Peder Nielsen Horrebow , biography at encyclopedia.com
Individual evidence
- ^ Members of the previous academies. Peter Nielsen Horrebow. Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences , accessed April 7, 2015 .
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|---|---|
| SURNAME | Horrebow, Peder |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Horrebow, Peder Nielsen |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Danish astronomer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 14, 1679 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Løgstør , Jutland |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 15, 1764 |
| Place of death | Copenhagen |