henrik, johan, walbeck, october, 1793, october, 1822, finnish, geodesist, astronomer, studied, size, figure, earth, means, measurements, walbeck, drawn, gustaf, wilhelm, finnberg, shortly, after, death, walbeck, born, turku, Åbo, 1817, made, corresponding, mem. Henrik Johan Walbeck 11 October 1793 23 October 1822 was a Finnish geodesist and astronomer who studied the size and figure of the Earth by means of arc measurements H J Walbeck as drawn by Gustaf Wilhelm Finnberg shortly after his death Walbeck was born in Turku Abo In 1817 he was made a corresponding member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences and in 1820 of the Royal Astronomical Society and the Mathematische Gesellschaft in Hamburg He committed suicide in 1822 also in Abo 1 The asteroid 1695 Walbeck is named after him References Edit Uppslagsverket Finland vol 3 p 480 External links EditFinnish Geodetic Institute Walbeck Henrik Johan in the Web version of Uppslagsverket Finland in Swedish This article about a Finnish scientist is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte This biographical article about an Earth scientist is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Henrik Johan Walbeck amp oldid 1032946575, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
