Science · 1784–1846
Friedrich Bessel — Age & Birthday
Born: 22 July 1784 · Died: 17 March 1846 · Age at death: 61
How old was Friedrich Bessel when he died?
Friedrich Bessel died aged 61. He was born on 22 July 1784 and died on 17 March 1846.
Astronomer who first used stellar parallax to measure distances to stars
Did you know?He began his career as an apprentice for an import-export firm and was entirely self-taught in the fields of mathematics and astronomy.
Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel (German:; 22 July 1784 – 17 March 1846) was a German astronomer, mathematician, physicist, and geodesist. He was the first astronomer who determined reliable values for the distance from the Sun to another star by the method of parallax.
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- Age at death
- 61
- Years since death
- 180
- Born
- July 22, 1784 · Minden, Germany
- Died
- March 17, 1846
- Cause of death
- Retroperitoneal fibrosis
- Nationality
- Prussian
- Known for
- Science
Family
- Father
- Carl Friedrich Bessel
- Children
- Johanne Marie Erman, Wilhelm Bessel
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