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Born

11 November 1701
Uppsala, Sweden

Died

25 April 1744
Uppsala, Sweden

Summary

Anders Celsius was a Swedish astronomer, physicist and mathematician. He participated in Maupertuis' expedition to measure a degree of latitude in Lapland. He is best known for the temperature scale that he proposed and which is named after him.

Biography

Anders Celsius's grandfather was Anders Spole (1630-1699) an astronomer born in Barnarp, Sweden, who had studied in Uppsala. In his youth, Spole travelled through Europe, meeting many important astronomers, and later became Professor of Astronomy at the University of Lund. There, he constructed an observatory in his house and made frequent visits to Tycho Brahe in Hven. Because of this, Spole was well informed of the scientific state of Europe. He sided with Giovanni Domenico Cassini on his and Isaac Newton's argument about the shape of the Earth. Spole left Lund after the Danish invasion of southern Sweden in 1676, which caused the University of Lund to dissolve. He chose to participate in the war and, possibly as

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The Swedish astronomer, however, also is notable as the first person to make a connection between the radiant atmospheric phenomenon known as the aurora borealis, or the northern lights, and the magnetic field of the Earth. He published his studies of the aurora borealis, including his accurate speculation regarding its relation to magnetism, in 1733.

Celsius was born on November 27, 1701, in Uppsala, Sweden. Both his father and grandfather were university professors, the former in astronomy and the latter in mathematics; it seemed natural for young Celsius to embark on a similar career. He studied at the University of Uppsala and was elected secretary of Uppsala's Scientific Society in 1725. Five years later, he succeeded his father as professor of astronomy at the university. As was common during the period, Celsius soon embarked on a European tour to gain a broader scientific background, practical experience and familiarity with other prominent scientists.

Celsius first traveled to Germany. Following a visit to the observatory in Berlin, where he worked wit

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Anders Celsius

Swedish astronomer and physicist (1701–1744)

Anders Celsius (Swedish:[ˈânːdɛʂˈsɛ̌lːsɪɵs]; 27 November 1701 – 25 April 1744)^[1] was a Swedishastronomer, 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 (an inverted form of) the Centigradetemperature scale which was later renamed Celsius in his honour.

Early life and education

Anders Celsius was born in Uppsala, Sweden, on 27 November 1701.^[1] His family originated from Ovanåker in the province of Hälsingland.^[2] Their family estate was at Doma, also known as Höjen or Högen (locally as Högen 2). The name Celsius is a latinization of the estate's name (Latin celsus 'mound').

As the son of an astronomy professor, Nils Celsius, nephew of botanist Olof Celsius and the grandson of the mathematician Magnus Celsius and the astronom