Walter Wislicenus
Walter Friedrich Wislicenus (born November 5, 1859 in Halberstadt , † October 3, 1905 in Strasbourg , Alsace, from typhus ) was a German astronomer. He was a son of Adolf Timotheus Wislicenus and nephew of the pastor Gustav Adolf Wislicenus .
From 1880 he was an astronomer at the Strasbourg observatory , from 1889 private lecturer and from 1894 to 1897 associate professor of astronomy at the University of Strasbourg .
In 1899 he founded the division organ Astronomical Annual Report and published the first volumes; this yearbook was replaced in 1969 by the biannual Astronomy and Astrophysics Abstracts .
The asteroid (4588) Wislicenus and a crater on Mars are named after him.
literature
- HW Duerbeck : Walter F. Wislicenus and Modern Astronomical Bibliography . In: André Heck (Ed.): The Multinational History of Strasbourg Astronomical Observatory . Astrophysics and Space Science Library. Volume 330, Springer, Dordrecht 2005, ISBN 978-1-4020-3643-9 , pp. 153-165. ( books.google.de )
Web links
- Literature by and about Walter Wislicenus in the catalog of the German National Library
- Works by and about WF Wislicenus in the Berlin State Library
- Publications by W. Wislicenus in the Astrophysics Data System
- Obituaries for W. Wislicenus in the Astrophysics Data System
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Wislicenus, Walter |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Wislicenus, Walter Friedrich |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German astronomer, initiator of the annual astronomical reports |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 5, 1859 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Halberstadt |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 3, 1905 |
| Place of death | Strasbourg |