History of Astronomy : Persons : Persons (Z)

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Zach, Franz Xaver von (1754-1832)

Astronomer, geodesist

Note: Not born in Preßburg (Bratislava), as often wrongly indicated, but in Pest (now to Budapest).

Internal documents

Biographies, bibliographies and references

• Peter Brosche: Der Astronom der Herzogin. Leben und Werk von Franz Xaver von Zach 1754-1832, 2001

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External documents

Biographies, bibliographies and references

• Short biography (Encycl. Brit.)
• Short biography (in German)
• Short biography (in German)
• Very short biographical data and links (in French)
• Membership in Russian Academy of Sciences

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• Biographical Index to Sky and Telescope by Kevin Krisciunas (Or see here.)
• World Biographical Index

Archival sources

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• The International Catalog of Sources for History of Physics and Allied Sciences

Namings

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• Planetary Nomenclature Alphabetic Index

Further links

• Find more about F. X. v. Zach with Alta Vista
• Find more about F. X. v. Zach with Google

Wolfgang R. Dick. Created: 23 August 2002
URLs: http://www.astro.uni-bonn.de/~pbrosche/persons/pers_zach_fx.html , http://www.astrohist.org/persons/pers_zach_fx.html