August Seydler
August Jan Bedřich Seydler (German: August Johann Friedrich Seydler; 1 June 1849 – 22 June 1891) was a Czech astronomer and theoretical physicist. He was professor at Charles University in Prague and the founder of the Astronomical Institute of the university (1886).
Life
[edit]Seydler was born on 1 June 1849 in Žamberk, into a family of a commissioner of customs.[1] He was a revered pedagogue and contributed significantly to astronomical studies, specifically, he elaborated sophisticated methods for the determination of orbits of minor planets. Appropriately, a minor planet is named after him: 6586 Seydler.
Seydler died on 22 June 1891 in Prague and is buried at the Prague's Olšany Cemetery.[1]
References
[edit]- 1 2 "Putování po hrobech slavných matematiků, fyziků, astronomů X: Olšanské hřbitovy počtvrté". matfyz.cz (in Czech). 2016-05-09. Retrieved 2025-11-06.
External links
[edit]- Short Overview of Contributions to Astronomy (in Czech)
- August Jan Bedřich Seydler Contributions (in Czech)
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