Hans Geelmuyden (10 January 1844 – 1 May 1920) was a Norwegian astronomer. He was born in

Stavern Stavern is a small water-side town in Larvik municipality in Vestfold County, Norway. It is south of the city of Larvik. Currently there are around 3,000 inhabitants in Stavern. It is a small town where tourism is one of the most important sou ...

. He was a relative of

Ivar Christian Sommerschild Geelmuyden Ivar Christian Sommerschild Geelmuyden (8 April 1819 – 21 May 1875) was a Norwegian politician. He was the son of Hans Geelmuyden, and brother of Christian Torber Hegge Geelmuyden.

and Carl Victor Emanuel Geelmuyden, and the family had migrated from the

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during the seventeenth century. Hans Geelmuyden was a grandfather of the writer of the same name. From 1890 to 1919 Hans Geelmuyden was a professor of astronomy at the University of Kristiania as well as the director of the observatory there. From 1892 to his death he edited the official Norwegian

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. In all three positions he was succeeded by

Jens Fredrik Schroeter Jens Fredrik Wilhelm Schroeter (21 May 1857 – 27 April 1927) was a Norwegian astronomer. He was born in Drammen as a son of sea captain Fredrik Julius Bech Schroeter and his wife Julie Schroeter. His paternal family had migrated into Norway fr ...

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1844 births 1920 deaths Norwegian astronomers Norwegian almanac editors Academic staff of the University of Oslo People from Larvik {{Norway-academic-bio-stub