Johann Elert Bode Summary

Johann Elert Bode 1749-1826 German Astronomer and Mathematician German mathematician and astronomer Johann Elert Bode was seemingly born to teach the world about the wonders of astronomy. The child of... Read more

Johann Elert Bode was born in Hamburg, Germany, on January 19, 1747. Self-taught in astronomy, he became director of the Berlin Observatory in 1786 and issued an enormous catalog of star positions in ... Read more