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Georg Friedrich Wilhelm Rümker

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Georg Friedrich Wilhelm Rümker (december 31, 1832 - March 3, 1900) was a German astronomer

Born at Hamburg, he was the son of Carl Ludwig Christian Rümker. He was astronomer at the observatory at Durham, England, from 1853 to 1856. He then became assistant at the Hamburg observatory, and in 1862 was appointed director of the same institution. From 1884 he was the Hamburg delegate for the International Earth Measurement.

References

Encyclopædia Britannica, eleventh edition, 1911


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