How to Pronounce Karl Friedrich Knorre
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Mar 28, 1801 Tartu, Livonia Governorate, Sweden Died on 29 Aug 1883 (aged 82)
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About Karl Friedrich Knorre
- Karl Khristoforovich Friedrich Knorre; Russian: ???? ????????????? ?????? (28 March 1801 – 29 August 1883) was a Russian astronomer of Baltic German ethnic origin who is best known for founding the Nikolayev Astronomical Observatory in 1827.
- Knorre's father, Ernst Friedrich Knorre, and his son, Viktor Knorre, were also prominent astronomers.
- Recently NASA named an asteroid in honor of the three generations of Knorre astronomers.
