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Friedrich Bernhard Gottfried Nicolai
Astronomer, Deceased Person
1793 – 1846
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Who was Friedrich Bernhard Gottfried Nicolai?
Friedrich Bernhard Gottfried Nicolai was a German astronomer.
Born in Braunschweig, Nicolai was educated at Göttingen. In 1812, he calculated the Euler–Mascheroni constant to 40 decimal places. In 1816, he joined the Mannheim observatory where he became the director.
The crater Nicolai on the Moon is named after him.
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- Born
- Oct 25, 1793
Braunschweig - Nationality
- Germany
- Profession
- Died
- Jun 4, 1846
Mannheim
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on July 23, 2013
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