Died 1853-03-17.
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Christian Dopplerr
Christian Andreas Doppler was an Austrian mathematician and physicist. He formulated the principle – now known as the Doppler effect – that the observed frequency of a wave depends on the relative speed of the source and the observer.
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Born 29 November 1803 · Died 17 March 1853 · Q84284
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1849· 1 entry
Fled to Vienna and in 1850 was appointed head of the Institute for Experimental Physics at the University of Vienna
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1847· 1 entry
Left Prague for the professorship of mathematics, physics, and mechanics at the Academy of Mines and Forests (its successor is the University of Miskolc) in Selmecbánya (then Kingdom of Hungary, now Banská Štiavnica S
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1842· 1 entry
At the age of 38, Doppler gave a lecture to the Royal Bohemian Society of Sciences and subsequently published Über das farbige Licht der Doppelsterne und einiger anderer Gestirne des Himmels ("On the coloured light of th
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1837· 2 entries
Their first child was Mathilde Doppler who was born in 1837.
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Was appointed as an associate professor of math and geometry at the Prague Polytechnic Institute (now Czech Technical University in Prague)
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1836· 1 entry
Doppler married Mathilde Sturm, the daughter of goldsmith Franz Sturm
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1835· 1 entry
Decided to immigrate to the United States to pursue a position in academia
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1829· 2 entries
Was chosen for an assistant position to Professor Adam von Burg at the Polytechnic Institute of Vienna, where he continued his studies
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Studied at University of Vienna (1826–1829).
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1826· 1 entry
Studied at University of Salzburg (1825–1826).
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1825· 1 entry
Studied at TU Wien (1822–1825).
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1803· 1 entry
Born 1803-11-29.
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