Friedrich Bessel

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gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:mathematician
gptkb:person
astronomer
gptkbp:almaMater self-taught
gptkbp:awardReceived gptkb:Gold_Medal_of_the_Royal_Astronomical_Society
gptkb:Lalande_Prize
gptkbp:birthDate 1784-07-22
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Minden,_Prussia
gptkbp:children 5
gptkbp:deathDate 1846-03-17
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:Königsberg,_Prussia
gptkbp:doctoralAdvisor gptkb:Carl_Friedrich_Gauss
gptkbp:eponymOf gptkb:Bessel's_star
gptkb:Bessel_crater
gptkb:Bessel_ellipsoid
gptkb:Besselian_year
Bessel beam
Bessel filter
Bessel function
Bessel's correction
Bessel's inequality
Bessel's interpolation formula
Bessel's method
Bessel's theorem
gptkbp:fieldOfWork gptkb:astronomy
gptkb:mathematics
geodesy
gptkbp:firstMeasured parallax of 61 Cygni
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Friedrich Bessel
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Friedrich_Wilhelm_Argelander
gptkb:Otto_Wilhelm_Struve
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Carl_Friedrich_Gauss
gptkbp:knownFor gptkb:Bessel_ellipsoid
gptkb:Bessel_functions
gptkb:Besselian_year
first accurate measurement of stellar parallax
gptkbp:memberOf gptkb:Prussian_Academy_of_Sciences
gptkb:Royal_Society
gptkb:Royal_Swedish_Academy_of_Sciences
gptkbp:nationality gptkb:German
gptkbp:notableStudent gptkb:Arthur_Auwers
gptkb:Friedrich_Wilhelm_Argelander
gptkb:Otto_Wilhelm_Struve
gptkbp:publishedWork gptkb:Astronomische_Untersuchungen
gptkb:Fundamenta_Astronomiae
gptkb:Tabulae_Regiomontanae
gptkbp:restingPlace gptkb:Königsberg,_Prussia
gptkbp:signature Friedrich Bessel signature.svg
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Johanna_Hagen
gptkbp:workInstitution gptkb:Königsberg_Observatory
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Königsberg
gptkb:University_of_Königsberg
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4