University of Gießen, Gießen, Germany
Under Heis' tutelage, Klein obtained the necessary background in mathematics and astronomy to become a doctoral candidate at the University of Giessen. Here he was granted a Ph.D. in 1874, with a dissertation on the size and shape of the earth.
University of Gießen, Gießen, Germany
Under Heis' tutelage, Klein obtained the necessary background in mathematics and astronomy to become a doctoral candidate at the University of Giessen. Here he was granted a Ph.D. in 1874, with a dissertation on the size and shape of the earth.
A lunar crater, formerly known as Albategnius A, was renamed Klein in his honor.
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Astronomer educator meteorologist scientist author
Hermann Joseph Klein was born on September 14, 1844, in Cologne, Germany. His scientific curiosity was first aroused by the changing patterns of cloud cover over the Rhine Valley. From studies of the weather, he branched out into observational astronomy, spending considerable time looking for changes in surface features of the moon.
In the course of an early career as a bookdealer in Cologne, Klein met Eduard Heis, professor of mathematics and astronomy in Munster and editor of the Wochenschrift fur Astronomie, Meteorologie und Geographie from 1857 to 1875. Under Heis' tutelage, Klein obtained the necessary background in mathematics and astronomy to become a doctoral candidate at the University of Giessen. Here he was granted a Ph.D. in 1874, with a dissertation on the size and shape of the earth.
Klein published a number of brief papers, based on astronomical work done in his own private observatory in Cologne; the first such, in 1867, dealt with the lunar crater Linné. In 1879 Klein reported the discovery of a newly formed crater near the Hyginus rille, which became known as Hyginus N (N for Nova). In 1882 he described a bright flash he had seen, close to another rille inside the crater Alphonsus. These and other observations convinced Klein that at least some of the circular lunar structures referred to as craters had resulted from vulcanism, which process he believed was still occurring on the moon. Volcanic activity inside Alphonsus was confirmed in 1958 by the Russian astronomer Kozyrev. More recently Klein’s viewpoint seems to have been verified by manned exploration of the moon.
In 1880 Klein became director of a combined meteorological and astronomical observatory located in Lindenthal, a western suburb of Cologne, and sponsored by the newspaper Kolnischen Zeitung. Here he continued writing, observing the moon, and studying cirrus clouds for the rest of his life. In 1882 he began editing Sirius, a semi-popular astronomical journal.
Hermann Joseph Klein is remembered as a prominent scientist and author of numerous works that were widely read throughout Europe and the United States, making him one of the foremost popularizers of meteorology and astronomy of his day.
A lunar crater, formerly known as Albategnius A, was renamed Klein in his honor.
