History of Astronomy : Persons : Persons (B)

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Bessel, Friedrich Wilhelm

Born: 22 July 1784, Minden, Westphalia, Germany
Died: 17 March 1846, Königsberg, East Prussia, Germany (now Kaliningrad, Russia)

Astronomer, geodesist, mathematician

External documents

Biographies, bibliographies and references

• Short biography and references (Encycl. Brit.)
• Short biography and references (MacTutor Hist. Math.)
• Short biography and references (in German)
• Short biography (Eric Weisstein's Treasure Trove)
• Short biography (in German)
• Very short biography and references
• Very short biography
• Very short biography
• Franz Krüger (in German)
  Bessel mentioned.
• Library of Congress entries (1)
• Library of Congress entries (2)
• Library of Congress entries (3)
• Library of Congress entries (4)
• Astrophysics Data System entries

Namings

• Bessel['s] functions (Library of Congress entries)

Further links

• Find more about Bessel with Alta Vista

Wolfgang R. Dick. Created: 28 Jan 1998. Latest update: 20 Feb 2002