Johann Gottfried Galle
Astronomer
1812 – 1910
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Who was Johann Gottfried Galle?
Johann Gottfried Galle was a German astronomer from Radis, Germany, at the Berlin Observatory who, on 23 September 1846, with the assistance of student Heinrich Louis d'Arrest, was the first person to view the planet Neptune and know what he was looking at. He used the calculations of Urbain Le Verrier to know where to look.
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- Born
- Jun 9, 1812
Radis - Parents
- Spouses
- C. E. M. Regenbrecht
(1857 - 1887)
- C. E. M. Regenbrecht
- Children
- Ethnicity
- Germans
- Nationality
- Germany
- Profession
- Education
- Humboldt University of Berlin
(1830 - 1833)
- Humboldt University of Berlin
- Lived in
- Berlin
- Wittenberg
- Died
- Jul 10, 1910
Potsdam
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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