Rudolf Engelmann
Friedrich Wilhelm Rudolf Engelmann (born June 1, 1841 in Leipzig ; † March 28, 1888 there ) was a German astronomer and publisher .
Life
Engelmann was born in Leipzig in 1841 as the son of the publisher Wilhelm Engelmann . He attended the Thomas School in Leipzig . He studied astronomy at the Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn and the Universität Leipzig . He became an assistant to Karl Christian Bruhns and in 1863 an observator at the Leipzig observatory . In 1864 he received his doctorate as Dr. phil. and completed his habilitation in 1871. He then worked as a private lecturer in Leipzig. In 1874 he became an authorized signatory , in 1876 a partner and in 1878 the owner of his father's bookstore. In 1880 he was elected a member of the Leopoldina .
The physiologist, biologist and zoologist Theodor Wilhelm Engelmann (1843–1909) was his younger brother.
literature
- Wilhelm Haan : Rudolph Engelmann . In: Saxon Writer's Lexicon . Robert Schaefer's Verlag, Leipzig 1875, pp. 62-63.
- B. Peter: Necrologist : Friedrich Wilhelm Rudolph Engelmann , quarterly journal of the Astronomical Society , Volume 23, Leipzig 1888, pp. 153–156.
- H. Bruns: Nekrolog. Astronomische Nachrichten, Vol. 119 (1888), p. 47. (Obituary for Friedrich Wilhelm Rudolf Engelmann)
Web links
- Literature by and about Rudolf Engelmann in the catalog of the German National Library
- Publications by R. Engelmann in the Astrophysics Data System
- Overview of Rudolf Engelmann's courses at the University of Leipzig (winter semester 1871 to winter semester 1873)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Axel Wittmann, Gudrun Wolfschmidt , Hilmar Duerbeck : Development of solar research . Publisher Harri Deutsch, Frankfurt am Main, p. 153.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Engelmann, Rudolf |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Engelmann, Friedrich Wilhelm Rudolf |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German astronomer and bookseller |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 1, 1841 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Leipzig |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 28, 1888 |
| Place of death | Leipzig |