JOHANN HIERONYMUS See also:

• JOHANN HIERONYMUS SCHROTER (1745-1816)

SCHROTER (1745-1816)  , See also:

• GERMAN
• GERMAN, DUTCH AND SCANDINAVIAN

German astronomer, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at See also:

• ERFURT

Erfurt on the 3oth of See also:

• AUGUST (originally Sextilis)

August 1745 . Having studied See also:

• LAW
• LAW (0. Eng. lagu, M. Eng. lawe; from an old Teutonic root lag, " lie," what lies fixed or evenly; cf. Lat. lex, Fr. loi)
• LAW, JOHN (1671—1729)
• LAW, WILLIAM (1686-1761)

law at See also:

• GOTTINGEN

Gottingen, he became See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief See also:

• MAGISTRATE (Lat. magistratus, from magister, master, properly a public office, hence the person holding such an office)

magistrate at Lilienthal, near See also:

• BREMEN

Bremen, in 1788 . Here he built an See also:

• OBSERVATORY

observatory, and, equipped in 1785 by a 7-ft. reflector by See also:

• HERSCHEL, CAROLINE LUCRETIA (1750-1848)
• HERSCHEL, SIR F
• HERSCHEL, SIR FREDERICK WILLIAM (1738-1822)
• HERSCHEL, SIR JOHN FREDERICK WILLIAM, BART

Herschel, and later by a 13-ft. reflector by Johann Gottlieb See also:

• FRIEDRICH, JOHANN (1836— )

Friedrich See also:

• SCHRADER, EBERHARD (1836-1908)

Schrader of See also:

• KIEL

Kiel, he made his famous observations on the See also:

• SURFACE

surface features of the See also:

• MOON (a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. Mond, Du. maan, Dan. maane, &c., and cognate with such Indo-Germanic forms as Gr. µlip, Sans. ma's, Irish mi, &c.; Lat. uses luna, i.e. lucna, the shining one, lucere, to shine, for the moon, but preserves the word i
• MOON, SIR RICHARD, 1ST BARONET (1814-1899)

moon and See also:

• PLANETS, MINOR

planets . His See also:

• WORK

work was ruined in 1813 by the See also:

• FRENCH
• FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
• FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

French under See also:

• VANDAMME, DOMINIQUE RENE, COUNT (1770-1830)

Vandamme, who destroyed his books, writings and observatory; he never recovered from the See also:

• CATASTROPHE (Gr. Karaurpoch, from KaraQrp4ecv, to over-turn)

catastrophe, and died on the 29th of August 1816 .