Leonhard Sohncke
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Leonhard Sohncke was a German mathematics professor and and author on ballooning and meteorology.
He earned his doctorate in 1866, then was a professor in Karlsruhe, then Jena, then Munich.
For the Münchener Verein für Luftschiffahrt (Munich Association for Air Navigation) he organized various ascents and wrote up the results with Sebastian Finsterwalder. Club members gratefully named a balloon the "Sohncke".[1]
He's on Wikimedia: w:Leonhard Sohncke, w:de:Leonhard Sohncke
Another obituary about Sohncke by Fritz Erk, cited on Wikipedia: Fritz Erk. 1898. Leonhard Sohncke. Meteorologische Zeitschrift volume 15, pp. 81–84.
Publications by or about Leonhard Sohncke
- Finsterwalder and Sohncke, 1894, Bemerkungen über die bei Ballonbeobachtungen erreichbare Genauigkeit (Simple title: Remarks on the accuracy achievable with balloon observation, Journal: Zeitschr. Luftsch.)
- Assmann, 1897, Professor Dr. Leonhard Sohncke (Simple title: Professor Leonhard Sohncke, Journal: Zeitschr. Luftsch.)
- Erk, 1898, Leonhard Sohncke (Simple title: Leonhard Sohncke, Journal: Ill. Aër. Mitt.)
References
| Names | Leonhard Sohncke |
|---|---|
| Birth date | 22 February 1842 |
| Death date | 1 November 1897 |
| Countries | DE |
| Locations | München; Halle |
| Occupations | professor, mathematician |
| Tech areas | LTA, Meteorology |
| Affiliations | Münchener Verein für Luftschiffahrt |
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