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13th December 1805 saw the birth at Corriemulzie near Braemar of Johann von Lamont, who would become an eminent German astronomer.

Born as John Lamont, the second of three sons of Robert Lamont, forester, and his second wife Elspeth Swan, after his father's death in 1817, being a Catholic, he was sent to be educated at the Benedictine monastery of St James, Ratisbon (now Regensburg in Bavaria), it wasn't unusual for some to be sent abroad to be educated.

Here he was tutored in mathematics and science by the prior, Father Benedikt Deasson, and spent his vacations as an assistant at the observatory at Bogenhausen, now a suburb of Munich. Later he became an official staff member, took his doctorate of philosophy at Munich University in 1830 and was eventually to succeed as Observatory Director when Johann Georg von Soldner died. He was elected a member of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences in 1836 and Professor at Munich University in 1852.

After making many discoveries in his career he received many honours including the Order of the Crown of Bavaria, a title of nobility from the King, so that his name became "von Lamont", he was a Foreign Member of the Royal Society, Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society and of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. A crater on the Moon and a crater on Mars are named after him. He never married and led a solitary life, dying at the observatory on 6th August 1879 after 51 years of work there. Von Lamont bequeathed a fortune to be used for scholarships in astronomy and mathematical physics.

He was buried in the churchyard of St Georg in Bogenhausen which is on the edge of Munich, I love his effigy on his tomb, very striking

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13th December 1805 saw the birth at Corriemulzie near Braemar of Johann von Lamont, who would become an eminent German astronomer.

Born as John Lamont, the second of three sons of Robert Lamont, forester, and his second wife Elspeth Swan, after his father's death in 1817, being a Catholic, he was sent to be educated at the Benedictine monastery of St James, Ratisbon (now Regensburg in Bavaria), it wasn't unusual for some to be sent abroad to be educated.

Here he was tutored in mathematics and science by the prior, Father Benedikt Deasson, and spent his vacations as an assistant at the observatory at Bogenhausen, now a suburb of Munich. Later he became an official staff member, took his doctorate of philosophy at Munich University in 1830 and was eventually to succeed as Observatory Director when Johann Georg von Soldner died. He was elected a member of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences in 1836 and Professor at Munich University in 1852.

After making many discoveries in his career he received many honours including the Order of the Crown of Bavaria, a title of nobility from the King, so that his name became "von Lamont", he was a Foreign Member of the Royal Society, Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society and of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. A crater on the Moon and a crater on Mars are named after him. He never married and led a solitary life, dying at the observatory on 6th August 1879 after 51 years of work there. Von Lamont bequeathed a fortune to be used for scholarships in astronomy and mathematical physics.

He was buried in the churchyard of St Georg in Bogenhausen which is on the edge of Munich, I love his effigy on his tomb, very striking

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6th August 1879 saw the death of Johann von Lamont, an eminent Scots-German astronomer.

Born as John Lamont, the second of 3 sons of Robert Lamont, forester, and his second wife Elspeth Swan, after his father’s death in 1817, being a Catholic, he was sent to be educated at the Benedictine monastery of St James, Ratisbon (now Regensburg in Bavaria).

Here he was tutored in mathematics and science by the prior, Father Benedikt Deasson, and spent his vacations as an assistant at the observatory at Bogenhausen, now a suburb of Munich. Later he became an official staff member, took his doctorate of philosophy at Munich University in 1830 and was eventually to succeed as Observatory Director when Johann Georg von Soldner died. He was elected a member of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences in 1836 and Professor at Munich University in 1852.

After making many discoveries in his career he received many honours including the Order of the Crown of Bavaria, a title of nobility from the King, so that his name became “von Lamont”, he was a Foreign Member of the Royal Society, Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society and of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. A crater on the Moon and a crater on Mars are named after him. He never married and led a solitary life, died at the observatory on 6 Aug 1879 after 51 years of work there, and left a fortune to be used for scholarships in astronomy and mathematical physics.

He was buried in the churchyard of St Georg in Bogenhausen which is on the edge of Munich, I love his effigy on his tomb, very striking

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6th August 1879 saw the death of Johann von Lamont,  an eminent Scots-German astronomer.

Born at Corriemulzie on the Linn of Dee road just west of Braemar on December 13th, 1805, as John Lamont, the second of 3 sons of Robert Lamont, forester, and his second wife Elspeth Swan, after his father’s death in 1817, being a Catholic, he was sent to be educated at the Benedictine monastery of St James, Ratisbon (now Regensburg in Bavaria).

Here he was tutored in mathematics and science by the prior, Father Benedikt Deasson, and spent his vacations as an assistant at the observatory at Bogenhausen, now a suburb of Munich. Later he became an official staff member, took his doctorate of philosophy at Munich University in 1830 and was eventually to succeed as Observatory Director when Johann Georg von Soldner died. He was elected a member of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences in 1836 and Professor at Munich University in 1852.

After making many discoveries in his career he received many honours including the Order of the Crown of Bavaria, a title of nobility from the King, so that his name became “von Lamont”, he was a Foreign Member of the Royal Society, Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society and of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. A crater on the Moon and a crater on Mars are named after him. He never married and led a solitary life, died at the observatory he spent 51 years of his life working at, and left a fortune to be used for scholarships in astronomy and mathematical physics.

Pics are of Lamont, the second is a 10 foot memorial to him carved from granite is located at Inverey close to his birthplace at Inverey  The third and fourth  is his grave in the churchyard of St Georg in Bogenhausen which is on the edge of Munich.

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13th December 1805 saw the birth at Corriemulzie near Braemar of Johann von Lamont, who would become an eminent German astronomer.

Born as John Lamont, the second of 3 sons of Robert Lamont, forester, and his second wife Elspeth Swan, after his father’s death in 1817, being a Catholic, he was sent to be educated at the Benedictine monastery of St James, Ratisbon (now Regensburg in Bavaria).Here he was tutored in mathematics and science by the prior, Father Benedikt Deasson, and spent his vacations as an assistant at the observatory at Bogenhausen, now a suburb of Munich.

 Later he became an official staff member, took his doctorate of philosophy at Munich University in 1830 and was eventually to succeed as Observatory Director when Johann Georg von Soldner died. He was elected a member of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences in 1836 and Professor at Munich University in 1852.After making many discoveries in his career he received many honours including the Order of the Crown of Bavaria, a title of nobility from the King, so that his name became “von Lamont”, he was a Foreign Member of the Royal Society, Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society and of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. 

A crater on the Moon and a crater on Mars are named after him. He never married and led a solitary life, died at the observatory on 6th Aug 1879 after 51 years of work there, and left a fortune to be used for scholarships in astronomy and mathematical physics.

In 2016 a new  Secondary school building in Munich was named The Johann-Lamont building in his honour

He was buried in the churchyard of St Georg in Bogenhausen which is on the edge of Munich, I love his effigy on his tomb, very striking. 

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6th August 1879 saw the death of Johann von Lamont,  an eminent Scots-German astronomer.

Born as John Lamont, the second of 3 sons of Robert Lamont, forester, and his second wife Elspeth Swan, after his father’s death in 1817, being a Catholic, he was sent to be educated at the Benedictine monastery of St James, Ratisbon (now Regensburg in Bavaria).

Here he was tutored in mathematics and science by the prior, Father Benedikt Deasson, and spent his vacations as an assistant at the observatory at Bogenhausen, now a suburb of Munich. Later he became an official staff member, took his doctorate of philosophy at Munich University in 1830 and was eventually to succeed as Observatory Director when Johann Georg von Soldner died. He was elected a member of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences in 1836 and Professor at Munich University in 1852.

After making many discoveries in his career he received many honours including the Order of the Crown of Bavaria, a title of nobility from the King, so that his name became “von Lamont”, he was a Foreign Member of the Royal Society, Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society and of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. A crater on the Moon and a crater on Mars are named after him. He never married and led a solitary life, died at the observatory on 6 Aug 1879 after 51 years of work there, and left a fortune to be used for scholarships in astronomy and mathematical physics.

He was buried in the churchyard of St Georg in Bogenhausen which is on the edge of Munich, I love his effigy on his tomb, very striking

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13th December 1805 saw the birth  at Corriemulzie near Braemar of Johann von Lamont, who would become an eminent German astronomer.

Born as John Lamont, the second of three sons of Robert Lamont, forester, and his second wife Elspeth Swan,  after his father's death in 1817, being a Catholic, he was sent to be educated at the Benedictine monastery of St James, Ratisbon (now Regensburg in Bavaria), it wasn't unusual for some to be sent abroad to be educated.

Here he was tutored in mathematics and science by the prior, Father Benedikt  Deasson, and spent his vacations as an assistant at the observatory at Bogenhausen, now a suburb of Munich.  Later he became an official staff member, took his doctorate of philosophy at Munich University in 1830 and was eventually to succeed as Observatory Director when Johann Georg von Soldner died. He was elected a member of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences in 1836 and Professor at Munich University in 1852.

After making many discoveries in his career he received many honours including the Order of the Crown of Bavaria, a title of nobility from the King, so that his name became "von Lamont", he was a Foreign Member of the Royal Society, Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society and of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. A crater on the Moon and a crater on Mars are named after him. He never married and led a solitary life, dying at the observatory on 6th August 1879 after 51 years of work there. Von Lamont bequeathed a fortune to be used for scholarships in astronomy and mathematical physics.

He was buried in the churchyard of St Georg in Bogenhausen which is on the edge of Munich, I love his effigy on his tomb, very striking

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13th December 1805 saw the birth at Corriemulzie near Braemar of Johann von Lamont, who would become an eminent German astronomer.

Born as John Lamont, the second of 3 sons of Robert Lamont, forester, and his second wife Elspeth Swan, after his father's death in 1817, being a Catholic, he was sent to be educated at the Benedictine monastery of St James, Ratisbon (now Regensburg in Bavaria).

Here he was tutored in mathematics and science by the prior, Father Benedikt Deasson, and spent his vacations as an assistant at the observatory at Bogenhausen, now a suburb of Munich. Later he became an official staff member, took his doctorate of philosophy at Munich University in 1830 and was eventually to succeed as Observatory Director when Johann Georg von Soldner died. He was elected a member of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences in 1836 and Professor at Munich University in 1852.

After making many discoveries in his career he received many honours including the Order of the Crown of Bavaria, a title of nobility from the King, so that his name became "von Lamont", he was a Foreign Member of the Royal Society, Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society and of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. A crater on the Moon and a crater on Mars are named after him. He never married and led a solitary life, died at the observatory on 6 Aug 1879 after 51 years of work there, and left a fortune to be used for scholarships in astronomy and mathematical physics.

He was buried in the churchyard of St Georg in Bogenhausen which is on the edge of Munich, I love his effigy on his tomb, very striking, the thirs pic is a memorial to the man in front of the school he attended at Corriemulzie near Braemar.

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One for our German Tumblrs out there, 6th August 1879 saw the death of Johann von Lamont,  an eminent German astronomer.

Born at Corriemulzie on the Linn of Dee road just west of Braemar on December 13, 1805, as John Lamont, the second of 3 sons of Robert Lamont, forester, and his second wife Elspeth Swan, after his father’s death in 1817, being a Catholic, he was sent to be educated at the Benedictine monastery of St James, Ratisbon (now Regensburg in Bavaria).

Here he was tutored in mathematics and science by the prior, Father Benedikt Deasson, and spent his vacations as an assistant at the observatory at Bogenhausen, now a suburb of Munich. Later he became an official staff member, took his doctorate of philosophy at Munich University in 1830 and was eventually to succeed as Observatory Director when Johann Georg von Soldner died. He was elected a member of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences in 1836 and Professor at Munich University in 1852.

After making many discoveries in his career he received many honours including the Order of the Crown of Bavaria, a title of nobility from the King, so that his name became “von Lamont”, he was a Foreign Member of the Royal Society, Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society and of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. A crater on the Moon and a crater on Mars are named after him. He never married and led a solitary life, died at the observatory he spent 51 years of his life working at, and left a fortune to be used for scholarships in astronomy and mathematical physics.

Pics are of Lamont, the second is a 10 foot memorial to him carved from granite is located at Inverey close to his birthplace. The third is his grave in the churchyard of St Georg in Bogenhausen which is on the edge of Munich.

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One for any of my German followers, 13th December 1805 saw the birth at Corriemulzie near Braemar of Johann von Lamont, who would become an eminent German astronomer.

Born as John Lamont, the second of 3 sons of Robert Lamont, forester, and his second wife Elspeth Swan, after his father's death in 1817, being a Catholic, he was sent to be educated at the Benedictine monastery of St James, Ratisbon (now Regensburg in Bavaria).

Here he was tutored in mathematics and science by the prior, Father Benedikt Deasson, and spent his vacations as an assistant at the observatory at Bogenhausen, now a suburb of Munich. Later he became an official staff member, took his doctorate of philosophy at Munich University in 1830 and was eventually to succeed as Observatory Director when Johann Georg von Soldner died. He was elected a member of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences in 1836 and Professor at Munich University in 1852.

After making many discoveries in his career he received many honours including the Order of the Crown of Bavaria, a title of nobility from the King, so that his name became "von Lamont", he was a Foreign Member of the Royal Society, Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society and of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. A crater on the Moon and a crater on Mars are named after him. He never married and led a solitary life, died at the observatory on 6 Aug 1879 after 51 years of work there, and left a fortune to be used for scholarships in astronomy and mathematical physics.

He was buried in the churchyard of St Georg in Bogenhausen which is on the edge of Munich, I love his effigy on his tomb, very striking