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Magnus Georg von Paucker (Russian: Магнус-Георг Андреевич Паукер, romanized: Magnus-Georg Andreevič Pauker; 26 November [O.S. 15 November] 178731 August [O.S. 19 August] 1855) was a Baltic German astronomer and mathematician and the first Demidov Prize winner in 1832 for his work Handbuch der Metrologie Rußlands und seiner deutschen Provinzen.[2]

Magnus Georg von Paucker
Born26 November [O.S. 15 November] 1787
Sankt Simonis, Kreis Wierland, Governorate of Estonia, Russian Empire
(present-day Simuna, Lääne-Viru County, Estonia)
Died31 August [O.S. 19 August] 1855[1]
Mitau, Courland Governorate, Russian Empire
(present-day Jelgava, Latvia)
NationalityBaltic German
Alma materImperial University of Dorpat
Known forHandbuch der Metrologie Rußlands und seiner deutschen Provinzen
AwardsDemidov Prize (1832)
Scientific career
InstitutionsMitau Gymnasium

Biography


Paucker was born in the small Estonian village of Sankt Simonis (now Simuna). In 1805, he began his studies in astronomy and physics at the University of Dorpat, where his professors included Georg Friedrich Parrot and Johann Wilhelm Andreas Pfaff.[2] Between 1808–1809, Paucker took part in the surveying of the Emajõgi river which was the first geodetic expedition on the territory of Estonia.[3] In 1809 he contributed to the construction of the first optical telegraph line in Russia from Saint Petersburg to Tsarskoye Selo.[2]

In 1811, Paucker took over as a lecturer at the University of Dorpat, succeeding Ernst Friedrich Knorre. In 1813 he was awarded his Ph.D. for a thesis in solid physics titled De nova explicatione phaenomeni elasticitatis corporum rigidorum.[2]

Paucker left Dorpat (now Simuna) in 1813 and stayed the rest of his life in Mitau (now Jelgava) where he was a professor of mathematics at the Mitau Gymnasium and an organizer of the first scientific society in Latvia, the Courland Society of Literature and Arts.[4]


References


  1. Taimina, Daina. "Some Notes on Mathematics in Latvia Through the Centuries". Cornell University. Retrieved 28 June 2013.
  2. Karin Reich, Elena Roussanova. "Carl Friedrich Gauss' Correspondents in the Baltics" (PDF). University of Hamburg. Retrieved 28 June 2013.
  3. "First geodetic expeditions on the territory of Estonia". University of Tartu History Museum. Retrieved 28 June 2013.
  4. A Tale About the First Weights and Measures Intercomparison in the United States in 1832. DIANE Publishing. pp. 35–. ISBN 978-1-4223-2816-3. Retrieved 29 June 2013.

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[de] Magnus Georg Paucker

Magnus Georg Paucker, auch Magnus Georg von Paucker, (russisch Магнус Георг фон Паукер; * 15. Novemberjul. / 26. November 1787greg. in St. Simonis; † 19. Augustjul. / 31. August 1855greg. in Mitau) war ein baltischer Astronom und Mathematiker.
- [en] Magnus Georg Paucker



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