About Henrik Johan Walbeck
Lived 1793 – 1822 (aged 29). Henrik Johan Walbeck was a Finnish astronomer and geodesist.
H. J. Walbeck as drawn by Gustaf Wilhelm Finnberg shortly after his death. 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.
Walbeck was born in Turku (Åbo). 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 Åbo.
The asteroid 1695 Walbeck is named after him.
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Who was Henrik Johan Walbeck?
Finnish geodesists (1793–1822)
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Henrik Johan Walbeck was born on 11 October 1793 in Turku.
When did Henrik Johan Walbeck die?
Henrik Johan Walbeck died on 22 October 1822 in Turku.
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Henrik Johan Walbeck was an astronomer and geodesist.
What nationality was Henrik Johan Walbeck?
Henrik Johan Walbeck was Finnish.
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