Christian Olufsen
Christian Friis Rottbøll Olufsen (15 April 1802 – 29 May 1855) was a Danish astronomer and professor of astronomy at the University of Copenhagen.
Olufsen was born in Copenhagen where his father
F.W. Bessel in Königsberg where he interacted with K.A. Steinheil and W. van Struve. He spent some time at the Hamburg observatory and in 1831 joined Copenhagen University as an associate professor. In 1840 he received a doctorate and became professor ordinarius in astronomy. He contributed to studies on the perturbation of the earth, solar tables, errors in measurement,[1] and on the foundations of astronomy as begun by Bessel.[2]
He married Magdalene Frederikke Münter in 1809.
References
- ^ Olufsen, C.F.R. (1831). "Untersuchungen über den Greenwicher Mauerquadranten während Maskefynes Dircction der dortigen Sternwarte". Astronomische Nachrichten (in German) (197): 85–100.
- ^ Heegaard, Poul. "C.F.R. Olufsen". Dansk Biografisk Leksikon.
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