Michael Adelbulner

Michael A. Adelbulner (February 3, 1702 – June 21, 1779) was a German

His claim to fame resides in his having started with Anders Celsius in 1733 a journal of astronomy called "Mitteilungsblatt zur Förderung der Astronomie / Commercium litterarium ad astronomiae incrementum", announcing the principal celestial phenomena, and analyzing new publications. This journal enjoyed much reputation in its day. Thirty-four numbers were published.

In 1736 he was named a member of the Königlich-Preußische Akademie der Wissenschaften.

In 1738 he received a M.D. degree with the thesis "Theses medicae physiologico-pathologicae, Pulmonum fabricam, usum, uariaque, quibus affliguntur, incommoda generatim complectentes". In 1742 he was appointed professor of mathematics at the University of Altdorf.

External links

• Astronomie in Nürnberg - containing a biography of Michael Adelbulner.
• Adelbulner Michael Adelbulner (1702–1779)] - Red Hill Observatory (Christof A. Plicht)
• Michael Adelbulner, Allgemeine deutsche Biographie & Neue deutsche Biographie^{[permanent dead link]}