Georg Albert Fuss

Georg Albert Fuss
Егор Николаевич Фусс
Born13 December 1806
Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire
Died6 January 1854 (aged 47)
Vilna, Russian Empire
EducationSaint Petersburg State University
University of Dorpat
OccupationAstronomer
FatherNicolas Fuss

Georg Albert Fuss (Russian: Егор Николаевич Фус; Lithuanian: Jegoras Fusas; 13 December 1806 – 6 January 1854) was a Russian astronomer and the seventh director of the Vilna University Astronomical Observatory (1848–1854). He was the son of Nicolas Fuss, and brother of Paul Fuss.

Biography

Fuss was born in Saint Petersburg to Nicolas Fuss, a mathematician of Swiss descent. He went to the Second Saint Petersburg Gymnasium. Fuss studied at Saint Petersburg University as well as the University of Dorpat. From 1830 to 1833, Fuss participated in geodesic expeditions in China and Mongolia. In 1835 Fuss studied in Germany, France, and England. Teachers of Fuss included Friedrich Georg Wilhelm von Struve and Vikenty Vishnevsky [ru].

In 1836, he was part of an expedition that measured the sea level difference of the Caspian Sea and the Black Sea. He also published a work on magnetism in 1838. From 1839 to 1837 Fuss was an assistant in Pulkovo Observatory, measuring star coordinates for a fundamental catalog. When Fuss became director of the Vilna Astronomical Observatory in 1848, it was very poorly maintained. The observatory's state would get better in 1852 with the arrival of Matvey Gusev and the appointment of Georg Thomas Sabler as director after Fuss's death.[1]

Fuss died on 6 January 1854 in Vilna.[2][3]

References

  1. ^ ""Karališkųjų astronomų" įpėdiniai". Tarybinis Studentas. 16 (756): 4. 7 May 1971.
  2. ^ "Фус Егор Николаевич". bioslovhist.spbu.ru. Retrieved 5 August 2024.
  3. ^ Makariūnienė, Eglė; Klimka, Libertas (2001). Lietuvos fizikų ir astronomų sąvadas (PDF). Vilnius: Lietuvos fizikų draugija. p. 23. ISBN 9986-526-12-4.

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