Thomas Bugge

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Thomas Bugge

Thomas Bugge (born October 12, 1740 in Copenhagen , † January 15, 1815 ibid) was a Danish astronomer, mathematician, cartographer and surveyor.

Bugge was Danish professor of astronomy and mathematics at Copenhagen University from 1777 and from 1782 also lecturer of mathematics in the Royal Navy. He also devoted himself to hydraulic engineering.

Bugge was an honorary member of the Academy of Sciences in Saint Petersburg and Pisa and also secretary of the Danish Society of Sciences. Many small observatories were set up in Iceland , Greenland and Norway on his initiative .

Life

His father was Peter Bugge, the chamber councilor and provisions manager. Matthias Bugge (* December 21, 1782; † 1820) was the son of Thomas Bugge and also a Danish astronomer at the Royal Observatory in Copenhagen.

From 1756 Thomas Bugge began to study and made his theological exam in 1759. In 1761 he became an employee of the observatory and from 1762 he was an employee of the Society of Sciences. In 1766 he enrolled at Copenhagen University .

Urban Bruun Aaskow accompanied the astronomer Thomas Bugge on a trip to Trondheim in 1761 to observe the passage of Venus at that time .

From 1765 he worked as a surveyor in the Zealand region . Many geographical maps of Denmark were published by Thomas Bugge.

For a time he was a private tutor for mathematical and physical sciences at the royal court for Crown Prince Christian .

In 1784 he was appointed to the judiciary. From 1795 various books were published by Bugge, which were also translated into German. Of these, the textbook of mathematics (1795) and the textbook of astronomy (1796) are worth mentioning. From 1798–99, Bugge stayed in Paris to represent Denmark in the congress that prepared the introduction of the metric system. Bugge wrote a travel report that was first published in 1800 and re-edited in 1969 in English. In 1807 he was appointed to the budget council by the Danish king. In 1809 he was knighted as a Knight of the Dannebrog Order . In 1807 he lost around two thirds of his library with around 15,000 books and also lost valuable mathematical and physical instruments from his collection through a fire caused by war. Important originals were saved from the flames. He was a member of various commissions, such as those of the syringe and fire system, the stone pavement of Copenhagen and the port system. In economic society he was the president.

From 1787 he was a corresponding member of the Académie des sciences .

From November 1814 his health deteriorated, he died in January 1815.

Works

  • Mathematics textbook (1795)
  • Astronomy textbook (1796)
  • Travel description about participation in Paris (introduction of the metric system) (1800)

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Johann Heinrich von Mädler: History of celestial science from the oldest to the most recent times. Volume 1, Georg Westermann, Braunschweig 1873, p. 168.
  2. ↑ Maurice P. Crosland (Ed.): Science in France in the Revolutionary Era. Described by Thomas Bugge, Danish Astronomer Royal and Member of the International Commission on the Metric System (1798-1799) . MIT Press, Cambridge, Mass. 1969.
  3. ^ Directory of members since 1666: Letter B. Académie des sciences, accessed on September 29, 2019 (French).

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personal data
SURNAME Bugge, Thomas
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Danish astronomer, mathematician and cartographer
DATE OF BIRTH October 12, 1740
PLACE OF BIRTH Copenhagen
DATE OF DEATH January 15, 1815
Place of death Copenhagen