Samuel Oppenheim

Samuel Oppenheim (born November 19, 1857 in Braunsberg , Moravia , † August 15, 1928 in Vienna ) was an Austrian astronomer .

Life

In 1875 Oppenheim began studying mathematics , physics and astronomy in Vienna. The teaching examination took place in 1880. He worked from 1881 to 1887 at the Vienna observatory and from 1888 to 1896 at the private Kuffner observatory, also located in Vienna . In 1884 he received his doctorate , and in 1899 he qualified as a professor in theoretical astronomy. After working as a teacher in Prague , he was full professor of astronomy at the University of Vienna from 1911 .

Oppenheim mainly researched celestial mechanics , especially the movements of comets , gravity , the phenomenon of precession, and the kinematics and statistics of stars . He was co-editor of the Encyclopedia of Mathematical Sciences .

His daughter Hilde was a journalist, translator and historian. She was the second wife of Johann Koplenig .

Fonts

• Oppenheim, S .: Astronomy . In: Encyclopedia of Mathematical Sciences, including its applications . 6.2.1.

• Oppenheim, S .: Astronomy . In: Encyclopedia of Mathematical Sciences, including its applications . 6.2.2.

literature

• Hermann Haupt:  Oppenheim, Samuel. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 19, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1999, ISBN 3-428-00200-8 , p. 568 f. ( Digitized version ).
• Konradin Ferrari d'Occhieppo :  Oppenheim Samuel. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 7, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1978, ISBN 3-7001-0187-2 , p. 238.

Web links

• Publications by S. Oppenheim in the Astrophysics Data System
• J. Rheden: Announcement of the death of Samuel Oppenheim. Astronomische Nachrichten, Vol. 233 (1928), p. 295

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Koplenig, Hilde; born Oppenheim (1904–2002), historian, journalist and lawyer . Retrieved January 26, 2015.