Johann Wilhelm Wagner

Johann Wilhelm Wagner (* November 24, 1681 in Heldburg / Thuringia, † December 16, 1745 in Berlin) was a German astronomer.

Life and work

Between 1700 and 1703 he held a position as an assistant from Georg Christoph Eimmart at the observatory in Nuremberg. In April 1704 Wagner began studying at the University of Jena. From 1706 to 1709 he was employed at the private observatory of Baron Friedrich von Bernhard Krosigk in Berlin; in the subsequent years saw several places in Russia and Silesia. From 1711 to 1712 or 1713 he was professor at the Knight's Academy.

1716 Wagner Observer and member of the Prussian Academy of Sciences. From 1720 he was professor of mathematics at the Gymnasium in Hildburghausen, until its closure 1727th On December 16, 1722, his son Johann Friedrich Wilhelm Wagner was born in Hildburghausen. In 1730, Wagner was professor of architecture at the Academy of Arts in Berlin, and in 1735 librarian of the Academy of Sciences. In 1740 he succeeded him as director of the Berlin Observatory after the death of Christ Fried church - an office which he held until his death. The calendar account at the observatory took him a lot to complete, so that he was temporarily represented in the issue of teaching at the Academy of Arts from his son said. Wagner died unmarried in December 1745 of a stroke.