Friedrich Karl Ginzel
Austrian astronomer (1850–1926) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Friedrich Karl Ginzel (26 February 1850 – 29 June 1926) was an Austrian astronomer.[1][2]
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From 1877 Ginzel worked at the observatory in Vienna. In 1886, he became a member of the Königlichen Astronomischen Recheninstituts in Berlin, where he was offered a professorship in 1899.
In 1899 he published an important study on solar and lunar eclipses in classical antiquity.[3] His three-volume Handbuch der mathematischen und technischen Chronologie (1906–14; reprinted in 1958 and 2007) is still a standard work on calendars and ancient chronology although some sections are now outdated.[4]
He was awarded the Valz Prize by the French Academy of Sciences in 1884 for his work on solar eclipses.[5] The lunar crater Ginzel was named after him.[6]
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