Olof Petrus (or Peter) Hiorter (or Hjorter) (1696–1750) was a Swedishastronomer. After studying in the Netherlands, he was appointed lecturer at the University of Uppsala in 1732 to fill the vacant position of Anders Celsius then on his grand tour of European observatories. From 1737 onwards, he studied together with Celsius the aurora phenomenon and a number of astronomy subjects (solar eclipse, comet like the one of 1744, latitude measurements). Hiorter was the first to connect the aurora to magnetic disturbances. Pehr Wilhelm Wargentin was his pupil.[1]
olof, hiorter, olof, petrus, peter, hiorter, hjorter, 1696, 1750, swedish, astronomer, after, studying, netherlands, appointed, lecturer, university, uppsala, 1732, fill, vacant, position, anders, celsius, then, grand, tour, european, observatories, from, 1737. Olof Petrus or Peter Hiorter or Hjorter 1696 1750 was a Swedish astronomer After studying in the Netherlands he was appointed lecturer at the University of Uppsala in 1732 to fill the vacant position of Anders Celsius then on his grand tour of European observatories From 1737 onwards he studied together with Celsius the aurora phenomenon and a number of astronomy subjects solar eclipse comet like the one of 1744 latitude measurements Hiorter was the first to connect the aurora to magnetic disturbances Pehr Wilhelm Wargentin was his pupil 1 Hiorter was elected a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in 1745 and appointed Observator Regius Royal Astronomer in 1747 2 Notes edit Sten Lindroth History of Science in Sweden Isis Vol 36 No 1 Oct 1945 pp 16 19 Nordenmark Nils Viktor Emanuel 1942 Olof Hiorter observator regius 1696 1750 Stockholm Almqvist amp Wiksells Boktr Bibcode 1942ohor book N External links edit in Swedish Olof Hiorter nbsp This European astronomer related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte nbsp This article about a Swedish scientist is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Olof Hiorter amp oldid 1177927366, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
