Johann Georg Palitzsch (1723-1788)
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- Name (English)
- Johann Georg Palitzsch
- Short name
- Johann Georg Palitzsch
- Year of birth
- 1723
- Year of death
- 1788
- Short Description
- "Johann Georg Palitzsch (11 June 1723 – 21 February 1788) was a German astronomer who became famous for recovering Comet 1P/Halley (better known as Halley´s Comet) on Christmas Day, 1758. The periodic nature of this comet had been deduced by its namesake Edmond Halley in 1705, but Halley had died before seeing if his prediction would come true.
Raised to become a successful farmer under a strict stepfather, Palitzsch secretly studied as much astronomy as he could from the books he could afford. He learned contemporary astronomy from the book “Vorhof der Sternwissenschaft” (“The Forecourt of Astronomy”) by Christian Pescheck. He learned Latin and, at age 21, inherited the farm, which allowed him to construct his own botanical garden, library, laboratory, and museum.He received support from various benefactors, including the future King. But the wars between Prussia and Austria interrupted his ambitions." - (en.wikipedia.org 21.12.2019) - Entity Encoding
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Bildnis des Johannes Georgius Palizsch
Palitzsch, Johann Georg...
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Der Landwirt, Astronom und Naturkundesammler Johann Georg Palitzsch
Ein mit Eichenlaub und einer...
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Image: Deutsches Damast- und Frottiermuseum - CC BY-NC-ND
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