Christian Ludwig Gerling, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Christian Ludwig Gerling

German astronomer

Date of Birth: 10-Jul-1788

Place of Birth: Hamburg, Germany

Date of Death: 15-Jan-1864

Profession: astronomer, physicist, mathematician, university teacher

Nationality: Germany

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

Christian Ludwig Gerling (10 July 1788 – 15 January 1864) studied under Carl Friedrich Gauss, obtaining his doctorate in 1812 for a thesis entitled: Methodi proiectionis orthographicae usum ad calculos parallacticos facilitandos explicavit simulque eclipsin solarem die, at the University of Göttingen.
He is notable for his work on geodetics and in 1927 some 60 letters of correspondence between Gerling and Gauss on the topic were published.
He is also notable as the doctoral advisor of Julius Plücker. Gerling, whose father was also called Christian Ludwig Gerling and was a pastor at the St.
Jacobi church, was born in Hamburg and attended the Johanneum.
In 1817, he became professor of mathematics at the University of Marburg.



Alternative names	Ferdinand Wilhelm Jacob Justi
Description	German orientalist and painter
Date of birth/death	2 June 1837	17 February 1907
Location of birth/death	Marburg	Marburg
Authority control	: Q106015 VIAF: 30334411 ISNI: 0000 0001 0884 2550 LCCN: n2006069639 NLA: 35759266 Open Library: OL165397A WorldCat