Joseph Stepling
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Joseph Stepling (29 June 1716 – 11 July 1778) was a
Jesuit priest, astronomer, physicist, and mathematician. Stepling founded the Clementinum Observatory in Prague in 1751 fitted with the best instruments available in that period, some made by Jan Klein. The earliest instrumental meteorological observations in central Europe were made at this observatory.[1]
The minor planet 6540 Stepling is named in his honour.
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Stepling was born in
Charles-Ferdinand University, following the ideas of Isaac Newton, Christian Wolff, and Euler rather than Aristotle. He founded a study group along the lines of the Royal Society of London and conducted monthly meetings presiding over them until his death and influencing numerous young scientists including Johann Wendlingen, Jakob Heinisch, Antonin Strnad,[2] Johannes von Herberstein, Kaspar Sagner, Stephan Schmidt, Johann Körber, and Joseph Bergmann.[3]
Some of the oldest series of temperatures used in climate change studies come from the Clementinum observatory.[4]
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