Georg Frederik Ursin
Danish astronomer, mathematician and author
About Georg Frederik Ursin
Lived 1797 – 1849 (aged 52). Georg Frederik Ursin was a Danish astronomer, mathematician and author.
Georg Frederik Krüger Ursin (22 June 17974 December 1849) was a Danish mathematician and astronomer.
Early life
His father, Georg Jacob Krüger, was a first lieutenant in the Royal Danish Navy, however, in 1798, his was stripped of his functions where was taken to Munkholmen, an islet north of Trondheim, Norway.
In the same year, Ursin was given royal license to carry the maternal family name from his mother, Jacobine Ursin (1772–1819), daughter of rear admiral Ursin, married to a wealthy shipbuilder and shipyard owner Lars Larsen.
Education
In 1814, Ursin passed an exam in land surveying before graduating cum laude from Metropolitanskolen in 1815. Having won a prize assignment involving regular polyhedron, he passed a second exam cum laude.
Death and legacy
Ursin died on December 4, 1849, in Copenhagen.
A DSB Class EA locomotive no. 3020 is named after Ursin.
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Danish astronomer, mathematician and author (1797–1849)
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Georg Frederik Ursin was born on 22 June 1797 in Copenhagen.
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Georg Frederik Ursin died on 4 December 1849 in Copenhagen.
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Georg Frederik Ursin was an astronomer, mathematician and author.
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Georg Frederik Ursin was Danish.
Sources & further reading
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