Georg Frederik Ursin

{{Infobox person

| name = Georg Frederik Ursin

| image = File:G.F. Ursin by Carl Simonsen.jpg

| caption = Posthumous litograph

| birth_date = 22 June 1797

| birth_place = Copenhagen, Denmark

| death_date = {{d-da|4 December 1849|22 June 1797}}

| death_place = Copenhagen, Denmark

| occupation = Mathematician

| spouse = Helene Elisabeth de Thurah

| parents = Georg Jacob Krüger

| children =

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Georg Frederik Krüger Ursin (22 June 1797{{Snd}}4 December 1849) was a Danish mathematician and astronomer.{{Cite book |last=Heegaard |first=Poul |title=Dansk Biografisk Leksikon |title-link=Dansk Biografisk Leksikon |date= |editor-last=Bech |editor-first=Svend Cedergreen |edition=3rd |language=da |chapter=G.F. Ursin |chapter-url=https://biografiskleksikon.lex.dk/G.F._Ursin}}

Early life

His father, Georg Jacob Krüger, was a first lieutenant in the Royal Danish Navy, however, in 1798, his was stripped of his functions where was taken to Munkholmen, an islet north of Trondheim, Norway.

In the same year, Ursin was given royal license to carry the maternal family name from his mother, Jacobine Ursin (1772–1819), daughter of rear admiral Ursin, married to a wealthy shipbuilder and shipyard owner Lars Larsen.

Education

In 1814, Ursin passed an exam in land surveying before graduating cum laude from Metropolitanskolen in 1815. Having won a prize assignment involving regular polyhedron, he passed a second exam cum laude.

Death and legacy

Ursin died on December 4, 1849, in Copenhagen.

A DSB Class EA locomotive no. 3020 is named after Ursin.

References

Category:Danish mathematicians

Category:1797 births

Category:1849 deaths