Joseph Liesganig
Austrian astronomer and Jesuit · Scientists · Lived 1719 to 1799 · aged 80
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.
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About this person
He was the last of the Jesuit astronomers at the Vienna observatory.
Category
Scientists
Type
Scientist
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1719 to 1799 · aged 80
