Johann Tobias Bürg
Deceased Person
1766 – 1835
Who was Johann Tobias Bürg?
Johann Tobias Bürg was an Austrian astronomer.
Born in Vienna, Bürg worked as a professor and astronomer in Klagenfurt, in Carinthia. He subsequently worked as astronomical assistant at the observatory at Vienna from 1792 and became director in 1817 after the death of Triesnecker.
He published some astronomical tables on the Moon that were praised for their accuracy. For these astronomical tables, Bürg was made a member of the French Academie des Sciences. He died at Wiesenau, near Klagenfurt.
The crater Bürg on the Moon is named after him. Johann Heinrich von Mädler honored Bürg with this naming in 1834.
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- Born
- Dec 24, 1766
Vienna - Also known as
- Johann Tobias Burg
- Nationality
- Austria
- Lived in
- Vienna
- Died
- Nov 15, 1835
Bad Sankt Leonhard im Lavanttal
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on July 23, 2013
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