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Eduard Heis (18 February 1806, Cologne – 30 June 1877 in Münster) was a German mathematician and astronomer. He completed his education at the University of Bonn in 1827, then taught mathematics at a school in Cologne. In 1832 he taught at Aachen, and remained there until 1852. He was then appointed by King Frederick William IV to a chair position at the Academy of Münster in 1852. In 1869 he became rector of the Academy. While at the academy he made a series of observations of the night sky, including the Milky Way, zodiacal light, stars, and shooting stars. These were published in the following works, among others: * ''Atlas Coelestis Novus'', Cologne, 1872. * ''Zodiakal-Beobachtungen''. * ''Sternschnuppen-Beobachtungen''. * ''De Magnitudine'', 1852. His star atlas, which was based on the ''Uranometria Nova'', helped define the constellation borders in the northern sky. His other publications included a treatise on the eclipses during the Peloponnesian war, Halley's comet, and some mathematical text books. He was also the first person to record a count of the Perseid meteor shower in 1839, giving an hourly rate of 160. Observers have recorded the hourly count every year since that time. ==Awards and honors== * Order of the Red Eagle, 1870. * Awarded doctor ''honoris causa'' by Bonn University, 1852. * Foreign associate, Royal Astronomical Society of London, 1874. * Honorary member, Leopoldine Academy, 1877. * Honorary member, Scientific Society of Brussels, 1877. * The crater Heis on the Moon is named after him. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Eduard Heis」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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