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Astronomer and Metrologist Fricis Blumbahs (1864--1949) (2015)

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Fricis Blumbahs (Fritz Blumbach) was one of the first Latvians to acquire higher education in astronomy and he made an outstanding contribution to the culture and science of Latvia during his lifetime. He is known as a research assistant of the prominent Russian scientist Dmitri Mendeleev in the development of metric system of measurement in Russia, in researches in metrology and astronomy, made in cooperation with leading scientists from Western countries of that time. In his old age, Blumbahs became professor of astronomy at the Latvian University and the first Honorary Academician of the Academy of Sciences of Latvian SSR , established in 1946.

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Authors & Contributors
Sartori, Sergio
Pulkkinen, Karoliina
Quinn, Terry J.
Gasparetto, Michele
Brown, Nathan
Yerasimos, Stéphane
Concepts
Measurement
Metric system
Metrology
Science and society
Standards and standardization
Chemistry
Time Periods
19th century
20th century, early
18th century
21st century
20th century
17th century
Places
Russia
Ottoman Empire
United States
Turkey
Italy
France
Institutions
Convention du mètre (1875)
International Bureau of Weights and Measures
Académie des Sciences, Paris
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