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Anders Celsius (Swedish: [ˈânːdɛʂ ˈsɛ̌lːsɪɵs]; 27 November 1701 – 25 April 1744) [1] was a Swedish astronomer, physicist and mathematician. He was professor of astronomy at Uppsala University from 1730 to 1744, but traveled from 1732 to 1735 visiting notable observatories in Germany, Italy and France.
Anders Celsius (Swedish pronunciation: [ˈânːdɛʂ ˈsɛ̌lːsɪɵs]; 27 November 1701 – 25 April 1744) was a Swedish astronomer, physicist and mathematician. He was professor of astronomy at Uppsala University from 1730 to 1744, but traveled from 1732 to 1735 visiting notable observatories in Germany, Italy and France.
His mother, Maria Elizabeth Adlersberg, was Gabriel Cronstedt's second wife. [ 4 ] Beginning in 1738, Axel Cronstedt was an unregistered student at the University of Uppsala , hearing lectures [ 4 ] with Johan Gottschalk Wallerius (1709–1785), professor of chemistry, and astronomer Anders Celsius (1701–1744).
Anders Celsius (1701–1744), physicist and astronomer; inventor of the centigrade scale, the predecessor of the Celsius scale; Nils Wallerius (1706–1764), physicist, philosopher and theologian, made important discoveries in the field of hydrology; Pehr Wilhelm Wargentin (1717–1783), astronomer, first head of the Stockholm Observatory
1741 – Carl von Linné becomes a professor at Uppsala university. 1741 – Anders Celsius inaugurates Sweden's first observatory, located in Celsiushuset, Uppsala. 1766 – A city fire ruins parts of eastern Uppsala. [1] 1791–1794 – Vitterhetssamfundet in Uppsala.
FILE - Alexander Mashinsky, founder and former chief executive of the failed cryptocurrency lending platform Celsius Network, leaves Manhattan federal court with his legal team, July 25, 2023, in ...
In the 18th century, Anders Celsius performed his research there and built the first observatory proper in 1741. Celsius got the university consistory to buy a large stone house of medieval origin in central Uppsala, where he had an observatory constructed on the rooftop. Celsius both worked and had his personal living quarters in the house.
He and his wife, Valerie, whom he married in 1955, raised six children. In the decades after Apollo 8, Anders joined Lovell, now 96, and Borman, who died last year at age 95, at anniversary ...