About Kaspar Gottfried Schweizer
Lived 1816 – 1873 (aged 57). Kaspar Gottfried Schweizer was a Swiss and Russian astronomer, geographer and mathematician.
Kaspar Gottfried Schweizer (16 February 1816 – 6 July 1873) was a Swiss astronomer who travelled to Moscow in 1845 to become Professor of Mathematics and Astronomy at the Survey Institute, and later director of the Moscow University Observatory.
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Who was Kaspar Gottfried Schweizer?
Swiss astronomer (1816-1873)
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Kaspar Gottfried Schweizer was born on 16 February 1816 in Zurich.
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Kaspar Gottfried Schweizer died on 6 July 1873 in Moscow.
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Kaspar Gottfried Schweizer was an astronomer, geographer and mathematician.
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Kaspar Gottfried Schweizer was Swiss and Russian.
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