Anders Celsius

Also known as Celsius

Swedish astronomer, physicist, and naturalist (1701-1744)

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Anders Celsius was a Swedish scientist of the early 1700s who made contributions to astronomy, physics, and natural science. He is best known today for developing the temperature scale that bears his name, which is widely used around the world for measuring heat and cold.

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Instance of: human
Given name: Anders
Gender: male
Citizenship: Sweden
Place of birth: Uppsala
Occupation: meteorologist
Educated at: Uppsala University
Employer: Uppsala University
Languages spoken: Swedish
Award: Fellow of the Royal Society
Doctoral student: Pehr Wilhelm Wargentin
Field of work: astronomy
Image: Anders-Celsius-Head.jpg
Residence: Uppsala Astronomical Observatory

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member of: German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina
Commons category: Anders Celsius
date of birth: 1701-11-11
date of death: 1744-04-25
Commons gallery: Anders Celsius
medical condition: tuberculosis
student: Johan Gottschalk Wallerius
place of burial: Old Uppsala Church
name in native language: Anders Celsius
relative: Olof Celsius
cause of death: tuberculosis
manner of death: natural causes

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Encyclopedic overview

Anders Celsius ( Swedish: [ˈânːdɛʂ ˈsɛ̌lːsɪɵs]; 27 November 1701 – 25 April 1744) was a Swedish astronomer, physicist and mathematician. He was professor of astronomy at Uppsala University from 1730 to 1744, but traveled from 1732 to 1735 visiting notable observatories in Germany, Italy and France. He founded the Uppsala Astronomical Observatory in 1741, and in 1742 proposed (an inverted form of) the centigrade temperature scale, which was later renamed Celsius in his honour.

Early life and education

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