Johann Franz Encke
1791–1865
German astronomer. Appointed professor of astronomy, Academy of Sciences, Berlin, and director of the Berlin observatory, 1825; professor, Berlin University, 1844. Retired, 1862.
Source
DSB.
Bibliography
DSB: Dictionary of scientific biography. Edited by Charles Coulston Gillispie and Frederic L. Holmes. 18 vols. including index and supplements. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons. 1970–90.
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