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    Franz Friedrich Ernst Brünnow (18 November 1821 – 20 August 1891) was a German astronomer. He was the first foreigner to become director of an American...
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  • Brünnow may refer to: 6807 Brünnow, a minor planet Franz Brünnow, a German astronomer Rudolf Ernst Brünnow (1858–1917), German-American orientalist and...
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    During this stay in Michigan, he also was studying astronomy under Franz Brünnow from 1858 to 1859. He received his second degree, a Master of Arts in...
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    Observatory Academic advisors John Brinkley 3rd Andrews Professor of Astronomy In office 1827–1865 Preceded by John Brinkley Succeeded by Franz Brünnow...
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    astronomical almanac. In 1850 he became a second observer. In 1851, Franz Brünnow invited Luther to the Düsseldorf-Bilk Observatory to become a director...
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    driver Olga Baclanova (1893 – 1974 in Vevey), Russian-born actress. Franz Brünnow (1821–1891) a German astronomer, moved to Vevey in 1880. Charlie Chaplin...
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  • Brinkley (1763–1835) 1827–1865: William R. Hamilton (1805–1865) 1865–1874: Franz Brünnow (1821–1891) 1874–1892: Robert Ball (1840–1913) 1892–1897: Arthur Rambaut...
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    Ball FRS Royal Astronomer of Ireland In office 1874–1892 Preceded by Franz Brünnow Succeeded by Arthur Alcock Rambaut Personal details Born (1840-07-01)1...
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    observatory's first director, Franz Brünnow, was recruited to the University of Michigan by President Tappan in 1856. Brünnow was an astronomer at the Royal...
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    on examination after two years' study in astronomy under professor Franz Brünnow. He became Professor of Physics and instructor in Mathematics, and in...
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    quaternions, having discovered them in 1843. He died in office. 1865–1874 Franz Brünnow Andrews Professor of Astronomy, Royal Astronomer of Ireland Retired...
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  • November 18 – Franz Brünnow (died 1891), German astronomer. December 21 – Samuel Haughton (died 1897), Irish scientific polymath. April 20 – Franz Karl Achard...
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    orientalist and philologist. The son of the Berlin-born astronomer Franz Friedrich Ernst Brünnow, Rudolph Ernst was born during the period his father was living...
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  • Kaufmann (born 1929), German astronomical optician MPC · 6806 6807 Brünnow 6568 P-L Franz Brünnow (1821–1891), German astronomer MPC · 6807 6808 Plantin 1932...
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    guidance from Johann Franz Encke and his assistant, Franz Brünnow. This connection proved beneficial when Tappan later recommended Brünnow as the observatory's...
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    Friedrich von Holstein (category Commanders of the Order of Franz Joseph)
    Friedrich Carl Ernst Leopold von Holstein (1800-1863) and Karoline von Brünnow (1791-1858). He studied jurisprudence at the Frederick William University...
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    Numerous notable astronomers worked or trained at the site, including Franz Brünnow, Cleveland Abbe, James Craig Watson, Asaph Hall, Otto Julius Klotz,...
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    member of the Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research Rudolf Ernst Brünnow (1858–1917), German-American orientalist and philologist Rudolph John Anderson...
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    neuen beispielsweise Johann Heinrich von Mädler, Gustav Spörer, Franz Friedrich Ernst Brünnow, Robert Luther, Friedrich August Theodor Winnecke, Ernst Becker...
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    magnitude 8.3, causes up to 40,000 casualties. February 12 – "Gott erhalte Franz den Kaiser" is first performed, with the music composed in January by Joseph...
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    (French: Grand-maître de la garde-robe du roi) and his wife, Ilse Anna von Brünnow, the Grande Maîtresse to the royal household. Elisabeth Marie Henriette...
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    frequently until the removal of Dr. Tappan and his son-in-law, Dr. Franz Friedrich Ernst Brünnow, the astronomer, to Europe. Subsequent to her marriage, Whiting...
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