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Baron Franz Xaver von Zach (Franz Xaver Freiherr von Zach; 4 June 1754 – 2 September 1832) was a Hungarian astronomer born at Pest, Hungary (now Budapest in Hungary).
Apr 16, 2024 · Franz Xaver von Zach (born June 16, 1754, Pest, Hungary—died September 2, 1832, Paris, France) was a German Hungarian astronomer noted for being the nexus of astronomical information in Europe in the early 19th century. Zach was educated at a Jesuit seminary and later evinced extreme enmity toward Jesuits.
- Clifford Cunningham
Franz Xaver Freiherr (seit 1801) von Zach (* 13. Juni [1] 1754 in Pest, heute Budapest; † 2. September 1832 in Paris) war ein österreichisch-deutscher Astronom, Geodät, Mathematiker, Wissenschaftshistoriker und Offizier. Er machte sich vor allem um die Erforschung des Sonnensystems und die Organisation der internationalen Astronomie ...
Sep 2, 2014 · September 2 marks the passing of Franz Xaver von Zach. Franz Xaver was a Hungarian astronomer who was the director of the Gotha Observatory when it first began operations. Xaver’s primary contribution to astronomy was organizing the search for the missing planet between Mars and Jupiter. Astronomers as early as 1596 noticed a large gap ...
Jan 26, 2016 · To find this missing planet, a group of German astronomers had established a society called the "Celestial Police" (Himmelspolizei in German), with Franz Xaver von Zach as its secretary, in 1800. There were 24 astronomers who each scoured a 15-degree piece of zodiacal sky for the missing object.
Zach, Franz Xaver von. Franz Xaver von Zach com-bined scientifi c expertise with great social and linguistic ability, making him an outstanding manager, organizer, and facilitator of international scientifi c and carto-graphic networks. He was born on 4 or 13 June 1754 in Pest, Hungary, son of Joseph Zach, a military doctor
ZACH, FRANZ XAVER VON(b. Pest [now part of Budapest], Hungary, 4June 1754; d. Paris, France, 2 September 1832)surveying astronomy.Zach came of a noble and distinguished family, His farther was a well- know physician who praciced at Pressburg (now Bratislava), Czechoslovakia, and later at Pest.
