Wilhelm von Biela

Wilhelm von Biela (born March 19, 1782 in Roßla , † February 18, 1856 in Venice ) was a German-Austrian astronomer and officer . He comes from the Thuringian nobility of the Biela family .

Life

As an Austrian captain, Biela participated in the 1805 and 1809 campaigns and the Wars of Liberation . He was later (1832) in command of Rovigo .

He became known through the discovery of the Biela comet , named after him , which he succeeded in 1826 in his place of work in Josefstadt in northern Bohemia . Alexander von Humboldt expressly recognized this achievement in his Kosmos lectures at the Berlin Singakademie in the winter of 1827/28. In addition to observing comets, Biela also devoted herself to sunspots .

His first marriage was Emilie Henriette von Selchow (born February 6, 1789 in Vehra ; † 1818 in Prague) and his second marriage was Anna Schindler von Wallenstern (born October 16, 1800 in Fiume).

Wilhelm von Biela died in Venice on February 18, 1856. In addition to the comet, the lunar crater Biela and the asteroid (2281) Biela are named after him.

literature

Constantin von Wurzbach : Biela, Wilhelm Freiherr von . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 1st part. University book printer L. C. Zamarski (formerly JP Sollinger), Vienna 1856, pp. 388-390 ( digitized version ).
Christian Bruhns: Biela, Wilhelm Baron von . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 2, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1875, p. 623.
Biela Wilhelm Frh. From. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 1, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1957, p. 83.

Web links

Publications by W. von Biela in the Astrophysics Data System
WT Lynn: Wilhelm von Biela. The Observatory, Vol. 21 (1898), pp. 406-407 (short biography, English)

Individual evidence

↑ Special Comets
↑ Alexander von Humboldt: About the universe . Ed .: Jürgen Hamel and Klaus-Harro Tiemann in collaboration with Martin Pape. Insel, Frankfurt am Main 1993, p. 53 f .
^ Lutz D. Schmadel : Dictionary of Minor Planet Names . Fifth Revised and Enlarged Edition. Ed .: Lutz D. Schmadel. 5th edition. Springer Verlag , Berlin , Heidelberg 2003, ISBN 978-3-540-29925-7 , pp. 185 (English, 992 pp., Link.springer.com [ONLINE; accessed on November 4, 2017] Original title: Dictionary of Minor Planet Names . First edition: Springer Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg 1992): “Named in memory of Wilhelm von Biela (1782-1850) ”

personal data
SURNAME	Biela, Wilhelm von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Biela, Wilhelm Freiherr von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German-Austrian officer and astronomer
DATE OF BIRTH	March 19, 1782
PLACE OF BIRTH	Rossla
DATE OF DEATH	February 18, 1856
Place of death	Venice

[1] Special Comets

[2] Alexander von Humboldt: About the universe . Ed .: Jürgen Hamel and Klaus-Harro Tiemann in collaboration with Martin Pape. Insel, Frankfurt am Main 1993, p. 53 f .

[3] Lutz D. Schmadel : Dictionary of Minor Planet Names . Fifth Revised and Enlarged Edition. Ed .: Lutz D. Schmadel. 5th edition. Springer Verlag , Berlin , Heidelberg 2003, ISBN 978-3-540-29925-7 , pp. 185 (English, 992 pp., Link.springer.com [ONLINE; accessed on November 4, 2017] Original title: Dictionary of Minor Planet Names . First edition: Springer Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg 1992): “Named in memory of Wilhelm von Biela (1782-1850) ”