Friedrich Bessel
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| Gender | Male |
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| Death | 179 years ago |
| Date of birth | July 22,1784 |
| Zodiac sign | Cancer |
| Born | Minden |
| Germany | |
| Date of died | March 17,1846 |
| Died | Konigsberg |
| Full name | Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel |
| Spouse | Johanna Hagen |
| Nationality | German |
| Prussian | |
| Job | Astronomer |
| Mathematician | |
| Awards | Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society |
| Lalande Prize | |
| Education | University of Göttingen |
| Children | Johanne Marie Erman |
| Wilhelm Bessel | |
| Marie Bessel | |
| Elisabeth Bessel | |
| Johanna Bessel | |
| Parents | Carl Friedrich Bessel |
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| ID | 509762 |
Friedrich Bessel Life story
Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel was a German astronomer, mathematician, physicist, and geodesist. He was the first astronomer who determined reliable values for the distance from the sun to another star by the method of parallax.
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