Hugo Gyldén
Deceased Person
1841 – 1896
Who was Hugo Gyldén?
Johan August Hugo Gyldén was a Finland-Swedish astronomer primarily known for work in celestial mechanics.
Gyldén was the son of Nils Abraham Gyldén, Professor of Classical philology at the University of Helsinki and baroness Beata Sofia Wrede. He spent his student years at his father's university, graduating as a filosofie magister from the Faculty of Physics and Mathematics in 1860. In 1871 he was called by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences to be its astronomer and head of the Stockholm Observatory. From 1872 he was a member of the Academy.
The crater Gyldén on the Moon is named after him, as well as 806 Gyldenia.
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- Born
- May 29, 1841
Helsinki - Also known as
- Hugo Gylden
- Lived in
- Helsinki
- Died
- Nov 9, 1896
Stockholm
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on July 23, 2013
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