Baron Wilhelm von Biela

Wilhelm von Biela ( born March 19, 1782 Roßla, † February 18, 1856 in Venice ) was a German -Austrian astronomer and officer. It comes from the Thuringian Uradelsgeschlecht those of Biela.

Biela made ​​as an Austrian captain with the campaigns of 1805, 1809 and the liberation wars. He was later ( 1832), commandant of Rovigo.

He became famous for the discovery of the comet named after him Biela who succeeded him in 1826 in his North Bohemian employment Josefstadt. In addition to the observation of comet Biela also dedicated the sunspots.

He married his first wife, Emilie Henriette von Selchow ( born February 6, 1789 in Vehra, † 1818 in Prague) and his second wife Anna Schindler Wall asterisk (* October 16, 1800 in Fiume ).

Wilhelm von Biela died on February 18, 1856 in Venice. According to him, the moon crater Biela is named next to the comet.