Aepinus
Aepinus may refer to: * Aepinus (crater) named after Franz Aepinus * ''Aepinus'' (crab), a genus of crabs * Franz Ulrich Theodor Aepinus (1724–1802), a German natural philosopher * Johannes Aepinus Johannes Aepinus (Johann Hoeck) (1499–1553) was a German Lutheran theologian, the first Superintendent of Hamburg from 1532 to 1553, presiding as spiritual leader over the Lutheran state church of Hamburg. Life He was born at Ziesar or Zieges ...

Franz Aepinus
Franz Ulrich Theodor Aepinus (13 December 172410 August 1802) was a German mathematician, scientist, and natural philosopher residing in the Russian Empire. Aepinus is best known for his researches, theoretical and experimental, in electricity and magnetism. Early life He was born at Rostock in the Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin. He was descended from Johannes Aepinus (1499–1553), the first to adopt the Greek form (αἰπεινός) of the family name Hugk or Huck, and a leading theologian and controversialist at the time of the Protestant Reformation. Career After studying medicine for a time, Franz Aepinus devoted himself to the physical and mathematical sciences, in which he soon gained such distinction that he was admitted a member of the Prussian Academy of Sciences. In 1755, he was briefly the director of the Astronomisches Rechen-Institut. In 1757, he settled in St Petersburg as member of the Russian Academy of Sciences and professor of physics, and remained there til ...
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Aepinus (crater)
Aepinus is a small lunar impact crater located along the northern lunar limb, close to the north pole of the Moon. To the south east is the prominent crater Hermite. This crater was unnamed until it was given a name along with 18 other craters by the IAU on January 22, 2009. It was named after the German-Russian astronomer Franz Aepinus Franz Ulrich Theodor Aepinus (13 December 172410 August 1802) was a German mathematician, scientist, and natural philosopher residing in the Russian Empire. Aepinus is best known for his researches, theoretical and experimental, in electricity an ... (c. 1724 – c. 1802). References * * * * * * * * * * * * External links * Impact craters on the Moon {{Moon-crater-stub ...
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Aepinus (crab)
''Aepinus'' is a genus of crabs belonging to the family Inachoididae Inachoididae is a family of crabs originally erected by James Dwight Dana James Dwight Dana FRS FRSE (February 12, 1813 – April 14, 1895) was an American geologist, mineralogist, volcanologist, and zoologist. He made pioneering studies of m .... The species of this genus are found in Central America. Species: *'' Aepinus septemspinosus'' References {{Taxonbar, from=Q17986898 Majoidea Decapod genera ...
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