Adolph Gottfried Kinau, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Adolph Gottfried Kinau

German astronomer

Date of Birth: 04-Jan-1814

Place of Birth: Aschersleben, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany

Date of Death: 09-Jan-1888

Profession: astronomer

Nationality: German Empire

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Adolph (or Adolf) Gottfried Kinau (January 4, 1814 – January 9, 1888) was a German Protestant minister and astronomer. Born in Aschersleben into a family of ministers and teachers, he studied theology in Halle and Magdeburg from 1833 to 1840.
Until 1851, he had several appointments as teacher.
Till 1861 he was minister in Rohr in Thuringia.
Until his death he was minister at the Kreuzkirche in Suhl, Thuringia.
He had several offices in charity and school system. Kinau was known as selenographer who had specialised in lunar rills.
In 1847 he discovered six lunar rilles and continued to make lunar drawings all his life.
The lunar crater Kinau is named after him.