Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel
Affiliations: | Königsberg Observatory |
Area:
AstronomyWebsite:
http://www-history.mcs.st-andrews.ac.uk/Mathematicians/Bessel.htmlGoogle:
"Friedrich Bessel"Bio:
(1784 - 1846)
http://www.dwc.knaw.nl/biografie/pmknaw/?pagetype=authorDetail&aId=PE00002153
http://www.genealogy.math.ndsu.nodak.edu/id.php?id=18603
Bessel did not have a University education, but was awarded a doctorate by the University of Göttingen on the recommendation of Gauß
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Parents
Sign in to add mentor| Carl Gauß (Gauss) | grad student | 1810 | Universität Göttingen (Physics Tree) |
Children
Sign in to add trainee| Eduard Luther | research assistant | 1846 | Universität Königsberg |
| Friedrich Wilhelm August Argelander | grad student | 1822 | Universität Königsberg |
| Heinrich Ferdinand Scherk | grad student | 1823 | Universität Berlin |
| Kaspar Gottfried Schweizer | grad student | 1839-1841 | Königsberg Observatory (MathTree) |