%0 Journal Article
%T Gottfried Kirch (1639–1710) – Life and Work of the First Astronomer of the Royal Prussian Society of Sciences
%A Rogińska, Justyna
%J Quarterly Journal of the History of Science and Technology
%V 2021
%R 10.4467/0023589XKHNT.21.021.14182
%N Volume 66, Issue 3
%P 105-121
%K Gottfried Kirch, Royal Prussian Society of Sciences, astronomy, calendars
%@ 0023-589X
%D 2021
%U https://ejournals.eu/en/journal/kwartalnik-historii-nauki-i-techniki/article/gottfried-kirch-1639-1710-zycie-i-dzialalnosc-pierwszego-astronoma-krolewskiego-pruskiego-towarzystwa-nauk
%X Gottfried Kirch (1639–1710) was an astronomer born in Guben, the maker of calendars and the author of ephemerides. He owed his fame to the discovery of the Great Comet of 1680, and he gained prestige as the first astronomer of the Royal Prussian Society of Sciences. The article summarises the current state of knowledge about Gottfried Kirch and presents his astronomical and calednariographic activity at various stages of his life, via the lens of the stays in Langgrün, Lobbenstein, Leipzig, Coburg, Guben and Berlin (Dorotheenstadt).