Ernst Friedrich Knorre, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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astronomer
Date of Birth: 11-Dec-1759
Place of Birth: Haldensleben, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany
Date of Death: 01-Dec-1810
Profession: astronomer
Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius 
About Ernst Friedrich Knorre
- Ernst Christoph Friedrich Knorre (11 December 1759 – 1 December 1810) was a German-born astronomer who lived and worked in present-day Estonia as a founding professor of mathematics at the Universität Dorpat and chief observator for the Dorpat Observatory.
- His son Karl Friedrich Knorre and grandson Viktor Knorre were also notable astronomers.
- Recently NASA named an asteroid in honor of the three generations of Knorre astronomers.
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