Heinrich Wilhelm Matthias Olbers (/ˈɔːlbərz/; German: [ˈɔlbɐs]; 11 October 1758 – 2 March 1840) was a German astronomer. He found a convenient method of...
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Wilhelm Matthias Naeff (19 February 1802 – 21 January 1881) was a Swiss politician and one of the seven initial members of the Swiss Federal Council (1848–1875)...
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Matthias Wilhelm Sinding (18 July 1811 – 11 February 1860) was a Norwegian mining engineer and factory founder. He was born in Fredrikstad as a son of...
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kilometres (326 mi). It was discovered by the German astronomer Heinrich Wilhelm Matthias Olbers on 29 March 1807 and is named after Vesta, the virgin goddess...
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on record with 28.6 °C (83.4 °F). However, the astronomer Heinrich Wilhelm Matthias Olbers reported to have measured −27.3 °C on 23 January 1823. Being...
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Neptune. When Pallas was discovered by the German astronomer Heinrich Wilhelm Matthias Olbers on 28 March 1802, it was considered to be a planet, as were...
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Jonas Furrer, Martin J. Munzinger, Henri Druey, Friedrich Frey-Herosé, Wilhelm Matthias Naeff and Stefano Franscini. 1854: First (of only four so far) sitting...
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of the government were regularly passed over. One such example was Wilhelm Matthias Naeff, who – although a member of the Federal Council for 27 years...
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Education and Research 1848–1853: Friedrich Frey-Herosé 1854 only: Wilhelm Matthias Naeff 1855 only: Josef Munzinger 1855–1856: Constant Fornerod 1857...
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Energy and Communications 1848–1852: Wilhelm Matthias Naeff 1853–1854: Josef Munzinger 1855–1866: Wilhelm Matthias Naeff 1867 only: Jakob Dubs 1868 only:...
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contradiction was first noted in 1823 by German astronomer Heinrich Wilhelm Matthias Olbers, who posed the question of why the night sky was black. The...
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previously seen in 1956. The next perihelion is in 2094. Heinrich Wilhelm Matthias Olbers discovered the comet on 6 March 1815 and described it as small...
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Springer-Verlag. pp. 170–172. ISBN 978-3-642-55343-1. "Olbers, Heinrich Wilhelm Matthias" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 20 (11th ed.). 1911. p. 63. Christy-Vitale...
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Matthias Jakob Schleiden (German: [maˈtiːas ˈjaːkɔp ˈʃlaɪdn̩]; 5 April 1804 – 23 June 1881) was a German botanist and co-founder of cell theory, along...
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1801/1 January 1802, Zach (and, independently one night later, Heinrich Wilhelm Matthias Olbers) recovered Ceres after it was lost during its passage behind...
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had a cosmic origin. After reviewing historical records, Heinrich Wilhelm Matthias Olbers predicted the storm's return in 1867, drawing other astronomers'...
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Börner Richard Börnstein Gerhard Borrmann Emil Bose Georg Matthias Bose Walther Bothe Heinrich Wilhelm Brandes Ernst Helmut Brandt Karl Ferdinand Braun Wernher...
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Potemkin, Russian general and politician (d. 1791) 1758 – Heinrich Wilhelm Matthias Olbers, German physician and astronomer (d. 1840) 1778 – George Bridgetower...
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Matthias Erzberger (20 September 1875 – 26 August 1921) was a politician of the Catholic Centre Party, member of the Reichstag and minister of finance...
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belt between these planets. First proposed by astronomer Heinrich Wilhelm Matthias Olbers, scientists in the 20th century dubbed this hypothetical planet...
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1872 only: Karl Schenk 1872–1873: Johann Jakob Scherer 1873–1875: Wilhelm Matthias Naeff 1876–1878: Bernhard Hammer 1879 only: Simeon Bavier 1880–1890:...
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Furrer 1850: Henri Druey 1851: Josef Munzinger 1852: Jonas Furrer 1853: Wilhelm Matthias Naeff 1854: Friedrich Frey-Herosé 1855: Jonas Furrer 1856: Jakob Stämpfli...
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president of the Confederation six times, a number only equaled by Emil Welti. Wilhelm Hertenstein died during his term, on 27 November 1888. As of 2024, he is...
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Matthias Grünewald (c. 1470 – 31 August 1528; also known as Mathis Gothart Nithart) was a German Renaissance painter of religious works who ignored Renaissance...
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Confederation (1851) Jonas Furrer, President of the Confederation (1852) Wilhelm Matthias Naeff, President of the Confederation (1853) Friedrich Frey-Herosé...
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Watkin Tench, British Marine officer (d. 1833) October 11 – Heinrich Wilhelm Matthias Olbers, German astronomer (d. 1840) October 15 – Johann Heinrich von...
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Okuni (Japan, 1931–) Nicolaus Olahus (Hungarian, 1493–1568) Heinrich Wilhelm Matthias Olbers (Germany, 1758–1840) Gerard O'Neill (United States, 1927–1992)...
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lunar phenomena in Aristarchus is an observation made by Heinrich Wilhelm Matthias Olbers on 5 February 1821. Contemporary Henry Kater publicly believed...
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named after Robert Naef Roslï Näf (1911–1996), Swiss Red Cross nurse Wilhelm Matthias Naeff (1802–1881), Swiss politician This page lists people with the...
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the Theology of Matthias Flacius Illyricus (2014) Oliver K. Olson, Matthias Flacius and the Survival of Luther's Reform (2000) Matthias Flacius Illyricus...
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