Georg Friedrich Wilhelm Rümker (December 31, 1832 – March 3, 1900) was a German astronomer.

Biography

Born at

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, Georg Rümker was the son of

Carl Ludwig Christian Rümker Carl Ludwig Christian Rümker (28 May 1788 – 21 December 1862) was a German astronomer. Early life (1788-1821) Rümker was born in Burg Stargard, in Mecklenburg, Germany, the son of J. F. Rümker, a court-councillor. He showed an aptitude for ...

. He was astronomer at the

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at Durham,

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, from 1853 to 1856. He then became assistant at the ''Hamburger Sternwarte'' (

Hamburg Observatory Hamburg Observatory () is an astronomical observatory located in the Bergedorf borough of the city of Hamburg in northern Germany. It is owned and operated by the University of Hamburg, Germany since 1968, although it was founded in 1825 by the ...

), then located at Stadtwall, and in 1862 was appointed director. He served as director until his death in 1900. He was succeeded by

Richard Schorr Richard Reinhard Emil Schorr (20 August 1867, Kassel – 21 September 1951, Badgastein, Salzburg), was a German astronomer, who served as the director of the Hamburger Stemwarte at the end of the 19th century. Early life and education Career ...

. When the Geographic Society in Hamburg was founded in 1873 he was appointed as second secretary. His wife, Mary Hannah Crockford (1809–1889) was also an astronomer, known for her discovery of a comet in 1847 (which was observed slightly earlier by american astronomer

Maria Mitchell Maria Mitchell ( ; August 1, 1818 – June 28, 1889) was an American astronomer, librarian, naturalist, and educator. In 1847, she discovered a comet named 1847 VI (modern designation C/1847 T1) that was later known as " Miss Mitchell's Comet ...

). From 1884 he was the Hamburg delegate for the International Earth Measurement.

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* Attribution: * 1832 births 1900 deaths 19th-century German astronomers Scientists from Hamburg Durham University Observer {{Germany-astronomer-stub