Alois Martin David

Czech surveyor

Alois Martin David (8 December 1757 in Zeberheisch, Bohemia - 22 February 1836 in Tepl Abbey) was a Bohemian Catholic clergyman, astronomer, and cartographer. He was rector of Charles-Ferdinand University in Prague.[1]

Alois Martin David
Born8 December 1757 Edit this on Wikidata
Died22 February 1836 Edit this on Wikidata (aged 78)
Prague, Teplá Edit this on Wikidata
OccupationAstronomer, Catholic priest Edit this on Wikidata

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He grew up in Tepl. He studied philosophy, physics, mathematics, and theology at Prague University. He studied with Jan Tesánek. He was a professor of metaphysics at the University of Prague, and worked at the Prague Observatory.[2] He wrote to Johann Wolfgang von Goethe.[3] He was a member of the Royal Bohemian Society of Sciences. From 1806 to 1831, he was the secretary. He was dean at Charles-Ferdinand University. He was a member of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities. In 1815 he was appointed "Royal Astronomer".

The asteroid 6385 Martindavid was named after him.

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  1. Kulik, Jakob Philipp (1837). Biographie des Martin Alois David (in German). Haase.
  2. Šternberg, Graf Kašpar (1902). Ausgewählte Werke des Grafen Kaspar von Sternberg (in German). J.G. Calve (Josef Koch).
  3. Germany), Goethe-Gesellschaft (Weimar, Thuringia; Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von (1904). Schriften der Goethe-Gesellschaft (in German). Hermann Böhlaus Nachfolger.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

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