Hugo von Seeliger

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Hugo von Seeliger was a prominent German astronomer known for his influential work in celestial mechanics and theoretical astronomy in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

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instanceOf German astronomer
astronomer
human
academicDiscipline physics
awardReceived Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society
James Craig Watson Medal
citizenshipPeriod early 20th century
late 19th century
countryOfCitizenship German Empire
Germany
dateOfBirth 1849-09-23
dateOfDeath 1924-12-02
doctoralAdvisor Friedrich Zöllner
surface form: Johann Karl F. Zöllner
educatedAt Humboldt University of Berlin
surface form: University of Berlin

University of Leipzig
employer Munich Observatory
Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich
surface form: University of Munich
era 19th century
20th century
familyName Hugo von Seeliger self-linksurface differs
surface form: von Seeliger
fieldOfWork astronomy
celestial mechanics
theoretical astronomy
givenName Hugo
hasAcademicRank full professor
languageOfWorkOrName German
memberOf Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities
Prussian Academy of Sciences
Göttingen Academy of Sciences and Humanities
surface form: Royal Society of Sciences in Göttingen
name Hugo von Seeliger self-link
notableFor contributions to theoretical astronomy
influential work in celestial mechanics
notableWork contributions to the theory of planetary perturbations
research on the structure of the Milky Way
studies of Newtonian gravitation in stellar systems
work on the distribution of stars
work on the dynamics of Saturn’s rings
occupation astronomer
placeOfBirth Breslau
Prussia
surface form: Kingdom of Prussia
placeOfDeath Bavaria
Germany
Munich
positionHeld director of the Munich Observatory
professor of astronomy at the University of Munich
sexOrGender male
workLocation Munich

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Karl Schwarzschild academicAdvisor Hugo von Seeliger
Karl doctoralAdvisor Hugo von Seeliger
subject surface form: Karl Schwarzschild
Hugo von Seeliger name Hugo von Seeliger self-link
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this entity surface form: von Seeliger