In 1726 Kirch was made responsible for the academy's library which up until then had been the responsibility of the secretary of the academy, Johann Theodor Jablonski, and was appointed Librarian in 1735.[1]
Christfried Kirch published many articles in several journals. He described the comet of 1718, observations of sunspots and the surface of Venus and of Jupiter, of occultation of the moons of Jupiter, of variable stars, as well as the Northern Lights and the Earth's magnetic field. In 1730 appeared his greatest work Observationes astronomicae selectiores in observatorio regio Berolinensi habitae, quibus adjectae sunt annotationes quaedam et animadversiones geographicae et chronologicae, aliaque ad astronomicam scientiam pertinentia.
christfried, kirch, december, 1694, guben, march, 1740, berlin, german, astronomer, almanac, publisher, born, 1694, december, 1694gubendied9, march, 1740, 1740, aged, nationalitygermanscientific, careerfieldsastronomy, contents, life, work, literature, referen. Christfried Kirch 24 December 1694 Guben 9 March 1740 Berlin was a German astronomer and almanac publisher Christfried KirchBorn 1694 12 24 24 December 1694GubenDied9 March 1740 1740 03 09 aged 45 NationalityGermanScientific careerFieldsastronomy Contents 1 Life and work 2 Literature 3 References 4 External linksLife and work EditHe was born in Guben Germany the son of the astronomers Gottfried Kirch and Maria Margaretha Kirch Christfried had already participated in the solar observations of his father at the age of 12 His astronomical studies began in Leipzig and Danzig From 1716 until his death in 1740 he was like his father Direktor of the Berlin Observatory in spite of repeated requests from the Academy of Sciences in Saint Petersburg In 1717 he had received his father s former post at the Koniglich Preussischen Sozietat der Wissenschaften In the continuation of his father s work especially in almanac calculation he was aided by his mother and his younger sister In 1726 Kirch was made responsible for the academy s library which up until then had been the responsibility of the secretary of the academy Johann Theodor Jablonski and was appointed Librarian in 1735 1 Christfried Kirch published many articles in several journals He described the comet of 1718 observations of sunspots and the surface of Venus and of Jupiter of occultation of the moons of Jupiter of variable stars as well as the Northern Lights and the Earth s magnetic field In 1730 appeared his greatest work Observationes astronomicae selectiores in observatorio regio Berolinensi habitae quibus adjectae sunt annotationes quaedam et animadversiones geographicae et chronologicae aliaque ad astronomicam scientiam pertinentia He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1742 2 Literature EditSiegmund Gunther 1882 Kirch Gottfried Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie ADB in German vol 15 Leipzig Duncker amp Humblot pp 787 788 Familienartikel References Edit BBAW Geschichte der Akademiebibliothek Fellow details Royal Society Retrieved 24 January 2017 External links EditGalerie des Universums permanent dead link Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Christfried Kirch amp oldid 1106810334, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
