Heinrich Bruns
| Heinrich Bruns | |
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| Born |
4 September 1848 Berlin, Germany |
| Died | 23 September 1919 (aged 71) Leipzig, Germany |
| Residence | Germany |
| Nationality | German |
| Fields |
Geodesy Potential theory Equilibrium shapes |
| Institutions |
Pulkowa Observatory Observatory of Dorpat University of Dorpat University of Berlin Prussian Military Academy Geodetic Institute of Potsdam University of Leipzig Leipzig Observatory |
| Alma mater | University of Berlin |
| Thesis | De proprietate quadam functionis potentialis corporum homogeneorum ("On the properties of a certain potential function of homogeneous bodies") |
| Doctoral advisor |
Ernst Kummer Karl Weierstrass |
| Doctoral students | Felix Hausdorff |
| Known for | Contributions to the field of geodesy |
| Spouse | Marie Wilhelmine Schleussner |
Ernst Heinrich Bruns (4 September 1848 – 23 September 1919) was a German mathematician and astronomer, who also contributed to the development of the field of theoretical geodesy.
Heinrich Bruns was born on 4 September 1848 in Berlin to Christian Gerhard Bruns, a landscape painter, and his wife, Caroline Henriette Hasse.
Bruns studied mathematics, astronomy, and physics at the University of Berlin during 1866–1871 under Ernst Kummer and Karl Weierstrass and earned a doctoral degree with a dissertation titled De proprietate quadam functionis potentialis corporum homogeneorum ("On the properties of a certain potential function of homogeneous bodies"). From 1872 to 1873 he was employed at the Pulkowa Observatory in Russia as a calculator. There he met and married Marie Wilhelmine Schleussner, who also worked as a calculator at the observatory. In 1873 he became an observer at the Observatory of Dorpat (now Tartu) in Estonia, where he remained until 1876. During this time he also worked as a lecturer at the University of Dorpat.
In 1876, Bruns was appointed an associate professor of mathematics at the University of Berlin. He also worked at the Prussian Military Academy and the Geodetic Institute of Potsdam. In 1882 he went to Saxony as a full professor of astronomy at the University of Leipzig and director of the Leipzig Observatory. That same year, he was elected a member of the academy of science Leopoldina.
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