History of Astronomy : Persons : Persons (A)

Auwers, Georg Friedrich Julius Arthur [von]

Born: September 12, 1838, Göttingen, Hannover (now Niedersachsen [Lower Saxony], Germany)
Died: January 24, 1915, Berlin-Lichterfelde, Preußen [Prussia], Germany

Astronomer

Note: "von" since 1912

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Biographies, bibliographies and references

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• A Finding List of Obituary Notes of Astronomers (1900 - 1997)
• This site in general

Places to visit

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• Gedenkstätten für Astronomen in Berlin, Potsdam und Umgebung (in German)

External documents

Biographies, bibliographies and references

• Short biography, photo, references, and links (Bruce medal.)
• Short biography (Encycl. Brit.)
• Short biography (C. Plicht)
• Short biography (Encycl. Brit., Hung.) (in Hungarian)
• Very short biography (Ciel Extr.)
• Address ... in awarding the Bruce Medal to ... Arthur Auwers, by R. G. Aitken (+ last page.)
  PASP 11 (1899) 67, 61-70
• Britannica Online entry
• Works (LoC entries)
• Works (ADS entries)
• References (ADS entries)

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• World Biographical Index

Archival sources

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• The International Catalog of Sources for History of Physics and Allied Sciences
• Mary Lea Shane Archives of the Lick Observatory

Namings

• Crater Auwers (lunar feature)

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• Planetary Nomenclature Alphabetic Index

Further links

• Find more about Auwers with Alta Vista

Wolfgang R. Dick. Created: 8 June 2000. Latest update: 20 Feb 2002
URL: http://www.astro.uni-bonn.de/~pbrosche/persons/pers_auwers.html