Johann Jacob Baeyer

About Johann Jacob Baeyer

Johann Jacob Baeyer was a German geodesist and a lieutenant-general in the Royal Prussian Army. He was the first director of the Royal Prussian Geodetic Institute and is the founder of the Central European Arc Measurement. He was the father of the Nobel Prize–winning chemist Adolf von Baeyer. Baeyer was a Lutheran.

Occupation: surveyor, military personnel, geographer
Citizenship: Kingdom of Prussia
Born: November 5, 1794
Died: September 10, 1885

Family

Eugenie Baeyerspouse Adolf von Baeyerchild Jakob Baeyerfather Elisabeth Margarete Tischmother

Royal Prussian Academy of Sciencesmember of Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanitiesmember of Saint Petersburg Academy of Sciencesmember of Accademia Nazionale dei Linceimember of Russian Academy of Sciencesmember of Göttingen Academy of Sciences and Humanities in Lower Saxonymember of Kingdom of Prussiacountry of citizenship

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Johann Jacob Baeyer (born 5 November 1794 in Berlin, died 10 September 1885 in Berlin) was a German geodesist and a lieutenant-general in the Royal Prussian Army. He was the first director of the Royal Prussian Geodetic Institute and is regarded as the founder of the International Association of Geodesy. He was the father of the Nobel Prize–winning chemist Adolf von Baeyer. Baeyer was a Lutheran. See also History of the metre Seconds pendulum References

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Johann Jacob Baeyer

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