Johann Jacob Baeyer, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Johann Jacob Baeyer

German geodesist

Date of Birth: 05-Nov-1794

Place of Birth: Müggelheim, Berlin, Germany

Date of Death: 10-Sep-1885

Profession: military personnel, geographer, geodesist

Nationality: Germany

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

Johann Jacob Baeyer (born 5 November 1794 in Berlin, died 10 September 1885 in Berlin) was a German geodesist and a lieutenant-general in the Royal Prussian Army.
He was the first director of the Royal Prussian Geodetic Institute and is regarded as the founder of the International Association of Geodesy.
He was the father of the Nobel Prize-winning chemist Adolf von Baeyer.
Baeyer was a Lutheran.