Nils Christoffer Dunér ( Billeberga, Malmöhus län 21 May 1839 –

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10 November 1914) was a

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. His parents were Nils Dunér and Petronella (née Schlyter). Dunér received his doctorate from

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from 1888. He was awarded the ''Prix Lalande'' in 1887 and the

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in 1892. The crater Dunér on the

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is named after him. At

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, Dunérfjellet on

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, Dunérbukta in

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, and Kapp Dunér, the western point of Bjørnøya, are named after him.

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Nils Dunér (1839-1914)
1839 births 1914 deaths 19th-century Swedish astronomers Uppsala University alumni Members of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences Recipients of the Lalande Prize Knights of the Order of Charles XIII Members of the Royal Society of Sciences in Uppsala {{Europe-astronomer-stub