# Joseph Liesganig

> Joseph Xaver Liesganig was a Jesuit priest and geodesist who was a professor of mathematics at the University of Vienna. He taught mathematics from 1742 at the University of Graz. He was involved in measuring the extent of Austria, establishing the longitude of Vienna and in early trigonometrical mapping of the region. He was the last of the Jesuit astronomers at the Vienna observatory.

*Austrian astronomer and Jesuit*

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## Identity
- **Profile type:** Scientist ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631))
- **Category:** Scientists
- **Born:** 1719-02-13
- **Died:** 1799-03-04
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

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## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 36.0 / 100
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- **Historical depth:** 5.5 / 100
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- **Profile completeness:** 60.0 / 100

## Sources
- [Joseph Liesganig](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Liesganig)
- [چوزيف ليسجانيج](https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%86%D9%88%D8%B2%D9%8A%D9%81_%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%B3%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%8A%D8%AC)
- [Josef Liesganig](https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josef_Liesganig)
- [Йозеф Лісґаніґ](https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%99%D0%BE%D0%B7%D0%B5%D1%84_%D0%9B%D1%96%D1%81%D2%91%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%96%D2%91)
- [Joseph Liesganig](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Liesganig)
- [Joseph Liesganig](https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Liesganig)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q89732)

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