Heinrich Georg von Boguslawski (7 December 1827 in Groß-Rake, near Breslau – 4 May 1884 in

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) was a German hydrographer and

oceanographer Oceanography (), also known as oceanology and ocean science, is the scientific study of the oceans. It is an Earth science, which covers a wide range of topics, including ecosystem dynamics; ocean currents, waves, and geophysical fluid dynamic ...

. He was the son of astronomer

Palm Heinrich Ludwig von Boguslawski Palm (or Palon) Heinrich Ludwig (Pruß) von Boguslawski (7 September 1789 – 5 June 1851) was a German astronomy professor and observatory director in Breslau (Wrocław). Early life A native of Magdeburg, Boguslawski met Johann Elert Bode ...

(1789–1851). He studied natural sciences at the

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, and for many years worked as a schoolteacher in Berlin,

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and Stettin. In 1874 he was named section-chief in the hydrographic office of the Admiralty in Berlin. He was an editor of ''Annalen der Hydrographie und maritimen Meteorologie'' ("Annals of Hydrographic and Marine Meteorology", 1875-84) and the '' Nachrichten für Seefahrer'' ("Notice to Mariners", 1874–84).Boguslawski, Heinrich Georg von
at Neue Deutsche Biographie With geographer Otto Krümmel, he was co-author of the two-volume ''Handbuch der ozeanographie'' ("Handbook of Oceanography"). * Volume 1: ''Räumliche, physikalische und chemische Beschaffenheit der Ozeane'' (by Boguslawski), 1884 – Spatial, physical and chemical nature of the oceans. * Volume 2: ''Die Bewegungsformen des Meeres'' (by Krümmel), 1887 – The motion of the seas. In 1878 he published ''Die Tiefsee und ihre Boden- und Temperatur-Verhältnisse : mit 1 Tiefenkarte der Oceane der Erde und 6 Diagrammen im Text'' (The deep sea and its soil and temperature conditions: with a depth chart of the Earth's oceans and six diagrams in the text).Most widely held works by Georg Heinrich von Boguslawski
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1827 births 1884 deaths Scientists from Wrocław University of Breslau alumni German oceanographers Hydrographers {{Germany-scientist-stub