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In 1851 he became an observer at the University Observatory in Copenhagen. He soon became an instructor at the Polytechnic School, then in 1854 a Professor of Mathematics at the Denmark Naval Academy. In 1866, after the new observatory had been completed, Schjellerup assembled a catalog of
231: 44:, the son of a jeweller. Initially he was apprenticed as a watch maker, but in 1848 he passed the entrance exam for the Polytechnic School of Copenhagen. He graduated by passing an examination in applied mathematics and mechanics. 101: 52:. He also began a study of Arabic, Chinese and other oriental languages, and used his knowledge to study old astronomic records, including those of 272: 215: 306: 77:
he became director of the observatory, serving in that capacity up until his death, following a lengthy illness. The crater
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he translated into French in 1874) and Chinese records of eclipses. In 1869, he drafted a proposal for a
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"Obituary"
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10.1093/mnras/48.4.171
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