Hugo von Seeliger

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George W. Myers
Karl Schwarzschild

Hugo von Seeliger (23 September 1849 – 2 December 1924), also known as Hugo Hans Ritter von Seeliger, was a German astronomer, often considered the most important astronomer of his day.

Biography

He was born in

Hans Kienle, Ernst Anding, Julius Bauschinger, Paul ten Bruggencate, Gustav Herglotz, Richard Schorr, and especially Karl Schwarzschild
, who earned a doctorate under him in 1898, and acknowledged Seeliger's influence in speeches throughout his career.

Seeliger was elected an Associate of the Royal Astronomical Society in 1892, and President of the Astronomische Gesellschaft from 1897 to 1921. He received numerous honours and medals, including knighthood (Ritter), between 1896 and 1917.

His contributions to astronomy include an explanation of the anomalous motion of the perihelion of Mercury (later one of the main

Bonner Durchmusterung and Bonn section of the Astronomische Gesellschaft star catalogues, and in the conclusions these led about the structure of the universe. Seeliger's views on the dimensions of our galaxy were consistent with Jacobus Kapteyn
's later studies.

Seeliger was an opponent of Albert Einstein's theory of relativity.[1]

He continued his work until his death, on 2 December 1924, aged 75.

The

Seeliger Effect, to acknowledge his pioneering research in this field. Minor planet 251 Sophia
is named after his wife, Sophia.

Students

His PhD students were (after Mathematics Genealogy Project, Hugo Hans von Seeliger) :

References

  1. ISBN 978-1-4438-8362-7
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