Ernst Friedrich Knorre

Ernst Friedrich Knorre
Born
Ernst Christoph Friedrich Knorre

(1759-12-11)11 December 1759
Neuhaldensleben, German Empire
Died1 December 1810(1810-12-01) (aged 50)
Dorpat, Russian Empire
Alma materUniversity of Halle
Organizations
Known forCharting geography of Estonia
ChildrenKarl Friedrich Knorre

Ernst Christoph Friedrich Knorre (11 December 1759 – 1 December 1810) was a German-born astronomer who lived and worked in present-day Estonia as a founding professor of mathematics at the Universität Dorpat and chief observator for the Dorpat Observatory. His son Karl Friedrich Knorre and grandson Viktor Knorre were also notable astronomers.[1] Recently NASA named an asteroid in honor of the three generations of Knorre astronomers.[2]

  1. ^ Héral, Susan. "Astronomers and Other Professions in the Knorre Family". The Dynasty of Knorre Astronomers. Nikolaev: Irina Gudym Publishing. Retrieved 9 September 2012.
  2. ^ "Asteroid Named After the Three Generations of Knorre Astronomers". California Institute of Technology: Jet Propulsion Laboratory.