1744
Anders Celsius, Swedish astronomer, physicist, and mathematician (born 1701)
Anders Celsius, Swedish astronomer, physicist, and mathematician (born 1701)
Anders Celsius
Swedish astronomer and physicist (1701–1744)
- Died
- 1744
Anders Celsius was a Swedish astronomer, physicist and mathematician. He was professor of astronomy at Uppsala University from 1730 to 1744, but traveled from 1732 to 1735 visiting notable observatories in Germany, Italy and France. He founded the Uppsala Astronomical Observatory in 1741, and in 1742 proposed the centigrade temperature scale, which was later renamed Celsius in his honour.