Education
He studied at the University of Tübingen.
Astronomer mathematician university professor
He studied at the University of Tübingen.
In 1798, he was appointed professor of mathematics and astronomy at the University. He published: Anleitung zur geographischen Ortsbestimmung, (1795). Astronomie, (1811); and Anfangsgründe der höhern Analysis, (1812).
In 1817, he discovered the gyroscope effect.
He died at Tübingen. The lunar crater Bohnenberger is named after him.