Carl Theodor Albrecht (August 30, 1843,

Dresden Dresden (, ; Upper Saxon: ''Dräsdn''; wen, label=Upper Sorbian, Drježdźany) is the capital city of the German state of Saxony and its second most populous city, after Leipzig. It is the 12th most populous city of Germany, the fourth larg ...

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– August 31, 1915) was a German

astronomer An astronomer is a scientist in the field of astronomy who focuses their studies on a specific question or field outside the scope of Earth. They observe astronomical objects such as stars, planets, natural satellite, moons, comets and galaxy, g ...

. He studied mathematics and natural sciences at the TU Dresden and the Universität Berlin. During his time in Dresden, he helped founding ''Polyhymnia'', the fraternity that later became the German Student

Corps Altsachsen The Corps Altsachsen is a fraternity (''Studentenverbindung'') in Dresden, Germany. It was founded on October 31, 1861 and is one of 162 ''German Student Corps'' in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Belgium, Latvia and Hungary today. The Corps is a ...

. He specialized in

geodesy Geodesy ( ) is the Earth science of accurately measuring and understanding Earth's figure (geometric shape and size), orientation in space, and gravity. The field also incorporates studies of how these properties change over time and equivale ...

, to which he devoted much of his career. He also worked on the problem of variation of latitude, building upon the work of

Seth Carlo Chandler Seth Carlo Chandler, Jr. (September 16, 1846 – December 31, 1913) was an American astronomer, geodesist, and actuary. He was born in Boston, Massachusetts to Seth Carlo and Mary (née Cheever) Chandler. During his last year in high school ...

who discovered the variation, known as the Chandler wobble. In 1882, Carl Theodor Albrecht was elected as member of the

German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina The German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina (german: Deutsche Akademie der Naturforscher Leopoldina – Nationale Akademie der Wissenschaften), short Leopoldina, is the national academy of Germany, and is located in Halle (Saale). Founded ...

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1843 births 1915 deaths Scientists from Dresden People from the Kingdom of Saxony 19th-century German astronomers TU Dresden alumni Members of the German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina {{Germany-astronomer-stub

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