August Jan Bedřich Seydler (German:August Johann Friedrich Seydler; 1 June 1849 – 22 June 1891) was a Czechastronomer andtheoretical physicist. He was professor atCharles University inPrague and the founder of the Astronomical Institute of the university (1886).

Seydler was born on 1 June 1849 inŽamberk, into a family of a commissioner of customs.^[1] He was a revered pedagogue and contributed significantly to astronomical studies, specifically, he elaborated sophisticated methods for the determination of orbits of minor planets. Appropriately, a minor planet is named after him.

Seydler died on 22 June 1891 in Prague and is buried at the Prague'sOlšany Cemetery.^[1]

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