Anders Johan Lexell
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Within Vinony's link graph, Anders Johan Lexell is referenced by 29 other articles, and connects out to spherical trigonometry, astronomy and Solar System.
It is catalogued under topics including 1740 births, 1784 deaths and 18th-century astronomers from the Russian Empire.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1740
- Died
- 1784
- Works
- 6
Top works
- Aphorismi mathematico-physici, ...
- Izsli͡edovanīi͡a o novoĭ planeti͡e, otkrytoĭ g. Gershelem i narechennoĭ Georgīevoi͡u zvi͡ezdoi͡u
- Izsli︠e︡dovanīi︠a︡ o novoĭ planeti︠e︡, otkrytoĭ g. Gershelem i narechennoĭ Georgīevoi︠u︡ zvi︠e︡zdoi︠u︡
- Recherches et calculs sur la vraie orbite elliptique de la Comete de l'An. 1769. et son tems periodique
- Recherches sur la nouvelle planète, découverte par Monsieur Herschel & nommé Georgium Sidus
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Anders
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Russian Empire
- Place of birth
- Turku
- Place of death
- Saint Petersburg
- Occupation
- university teacher
- Educated at
- Royal Academy of Turku
- Employer
- Royal Academy of Turku
- Languages spoken
- Latin
- Native language
- Swedish
- Notable work
- Lexell's Comet
- Doctoral advisor
- Jakob Gadolin
- Student of
- Leonhard Euler
- Field of work
- mathematics
- Image
- Lexell.png
- Work location
- Turku
- Residence
- Russian Empire
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- significant person
- Leonhard Euler
- maintained by WikiProject
- WikiProject Mathematics
- described by source
- Russian Biographical Dictionary
- date of birth
- 1740-12-24
- date of death
- 1784-11-30
- member of
- Academy of Sciences of Turin
- Commons category
- Anders Johan Lexell (astronomer)
- ethnic group
- Finland Swedes
- influenced by
- Leonhard Euler
- place of burial
- Smolensky Lutheran Cemetery
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Categories
1740 births1784 deaths18th-century astronomers from the Russian Empire18th-century mathematicians from the Russian Empire18th-century Swedish astronomersFinnish astronomersFinnish expatriates in RussiaFull members of the Saint Petersburg Academy of SciencesGeometersMembers of the French Academy of SciencesMembers of the Royal Swedish Academy of SciencesRussian people of Swedish descentSwedish-speaking FinnsTransit of Venus