Kaspar Gottfried Schweizer, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Kaspar Gottfried Schweizer

Swiss astronomer (1816-1873)

Date of Birth: 16-Feb-1816

Place of Birth: Zürich, canton of Zürich, Switzerland

Date of Death: 06-Jul-1873

Profession: astronomer, geographer

Nationality: Switzerland

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

Kaspar Gottfried Schweizer (February 16, 1816 – July 6, 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. He was born at Wyla (canton of Zürich), Switzerland.
In 1839, he went to Königsberg to assist Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel.
From 1841 to 1845 he worked at Pulkovo Observatory under Friedrich Georg Wilhelm von Struve.
Schweizer discovered five comets, and found one NGC object, NGC 7804, on November 11, 1864.



Description	Swiss lithographer, drawer, copperplate engraver and painter
Date of birth/death	8 November 1813	27 March 1863
Location of birth/death	Aadorf	Zürich
Work location	Switzerland
Authority control	: Q25813646 VIAF: 77445116 ISNI: 0000 0000 5200 0169 LCCN: no2007094258 GND: 131382918 NKC: mzk2012693814 WorldCat