Anders Celsius

Anders Celsius
Portrait by Olof Arenius
Born	(1701-11-27)27 November 1701 Uppsala, Sweden
Died	25 April 1744(1744-04-25) (aged 42) Uppsala, Sweden
Alma mater	Uppsala University
Known for	Celsius
Scientific career
Fields	Astronomy, physics, mathematics, geology
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Anders Celsius (Swedish pronunciation: [ˈânːdɛʂ ˈsɛ̌lːsɪɵs]; 27 November 1701 – 25 April 1744)^[1] was a Swedish astronomer, physicist and mathematician. He was professor of astronomy at Uppsala University from 1730 to 1744, but traveled from 1732 to 1735 visiting notable observatories in Germany, Italy and France. He founded the Uppsala Astronomical Observatory in 1741, and in 1742 proposed (an inverted form of) the Centigrade temperature scale which was later renamed Celsius in his honour.