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| Born | (1681-11-24)24 November 1681 Heldburg |
| Died | 16 December 1745(1745-12-16) (aged 64) |
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| Fields | astronomy |
Johann Wilhelm Wagner (24 November 1681 in Heldburg/Thüringen – 16 December 1745 inBerlin) was a Germanastronomer.
Between 1700 and 1703 he had a position as assistant toGeorg Christoph Eimmart at his observatory inNürnberg. In April 1704 Wagner began his studies at theUniversity of Jena. From 1706 to 1709 he was at the private observatory of BaronBernhard Friedrich von Krosigk (1656–1714)Berlin; in the following years followed various posts inRussia andSilesia. From 1711 till either 1712 or 1713 he was a professor at aRitterakademie.
In 1716 Wagner became Observator and Member of thePreußischen Akademie der Wissenschaften. From 1720 he was Professor for Mathematics at the Gymnasium inHildburghausen, until it was closed in 1727. On 16 December 1722 his son Johann Friedrich Wilhelm Wagner was born in Hildburghausen.[1] In 1730 Wagner became Professor of Architecture at theAkademie der Künste in Berlin, and in 1735 Librarian of the Academy of Sciences. In 1740 after the death ofChristfried Kirch he was named as his successor as Director ofBerlin Observatory - a post which he held for the rest of his life. Thealmanac calculation at the Observatory am Observatorium took so much of his time that his son undertook some of his work in teaching at the Akademie der Künste.[2] Wagner died unmarried in December 1745 from a heart attack.
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