Peter Andreas Hansen

German astronomer (1795-1874)

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Born: ( 1795-12-08 ) 8 December 1795, Tønder , Schleswig , Denmark
Died: 28 March 1874 (1874-03-28) (aged 78), Gotha , Thuringia , Germany
Known for: Hansen hypothesis
Awards: Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society (1842, 1860) , Copley Medal (1850)
Fields: Astronomy

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Instance of: human
Given name: Andreas
Family name: Hansen
Gender: male
Citizenship: Duchy of Schleswig
Place of birth: Tønder
Place of death: Gotha
Occupation: watchmaker
Educated at: Friedrich Schiller University Jena
Languages spoken: German
Award: Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Doctoral advisor: Heinrich Christian Schumacher
Doctoral student: Hugo Gyldén
Field of work: chronometry
Image: PAHansen.jpg
Work location: Gotha

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date of birth: 1795-12-08
date of death: 1874-03-28
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name in native language: Peter Andreas Hansen
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Peter Andreas Hansen (born 8 December 1795, Tønder, Schleswig, Denmark; died 28 March 1874, Gotha, Thuringia, Germany) was a Danish-born German astronomer.

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