Franz Friedrich Ernst Brunnow

1821 - 1891  (69 years)

• Name	Franz Friedrich Ernst Brunnow
  Born	18 Nov 1821	Berlin, ____, Berlin, Germany
  Gender	Male
  FamilySearch ID	LKPG-XLY
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  FindaGrave Memorial ID	161263203
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  Died	20 Aug 1891	Heidelberg, Stadtkreis Heidelberg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
  Buried	Aft 20 Aug 1891	Bergfriedhof Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Stadtkreis Heidelberg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
  Person ID	I21135	New England Hall Families Master Tree
  Last Modified	10 Jul 2022

  
  

  Family	Rebecca Lloyd Tappan,   b. 27 May 1836, New York ,   d. Jul 1893  (Age 57 years)
  Married	15 Mar 1857	Ann Arbor, Washtenaw County, Michigan
  Children	1. Professor Rudolph Ernst Brunnow,   b. 7 Feb 1859, Germany ,   d. 14 Apr 1917, Bar Harbor, Hancock County, Maine  (Age 58 years)
  Last Modified	10 Jul 2022
  Family ID	F10006	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 18 Nov 1821 - Berlin, ____, Berlin, Germany Married - 15 Mar 1857 - Ann Arbor, Washtenaw County, Michigan Died - 20 Aug 1891 - Heidelberg, Stadtkreis Heidelberg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany Buried - Aft 20 Aug 1891 - Bergfriedhof Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Stadtkreis Heidelberg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  Noted German astronomer. Recipient of the gold medal from the Amsterdam Academy of Sciences (1849) for his memoir on De Vico's comet. Author of "Lehrbuch der sphärischen Astronomie" (1851). Professor of Astronomy and director of the Observatory at the University of Michigan (1854-1863). Professor of Astronomy in the University of Dublin and Astronomer Royal for Ireland (1865). Married to Rebecca Lloyd Tappan in Ann Arbor, Michigan, 1857. One child, the well-known oriental scholar, Rudolph Ernst Brunnow (1859-1917). ________ Also FindaGrave Memorial #181852432 German Astronomer. In 1865 he accepted the post of Andrews Professor of Astronomy in the University of Dublin and Royal Astronomer of Ireland, serving in those positions until 1874.