The Mathematics Genealogy Project - Johann Encke

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## Johann Franz Friedrich Encke

Universität Berlin 1844
Dissertation: From 1811 on Encke studied mathematics in Goettingen as pupil of C.F. Gauss. In May 1816 he moved to Seeberg near Gotha to work as observer at the observatory there. In 1822 he was promoted Director of that observatory and in 1825 followed a call to be the Director of the Observatory at Berlin. He supervised the new construction of the observatory from 1832 -35. In 1844 he became ordinary professor at the University of Berlin and was allowed to lecture without receiving a doctorate. Closest to being his advisor in becoming a professor was therefore Carl Friedrich Gauss.
Mathematics Subject Classification: 85—Astronomy and astrophysics

Advisor: Carl Friedrich Gauß

Students:
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Name | School | Year | Descendants
--- | --- | --- | ---
Carl Bruhns | Universität Berlin | 1856 | 2846
August Kramer | Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin | 1839 |
Leopold Kronecker | Universität Berlin | 1845 | 3598
Joseph Raatz | Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin | 1861 |
Franz Woepcke | Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin | 1847 |

According to our current on-line database, Johann Encke has 5 students and 6408 descendants.
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