Christian Andreas Doppler was an Austrian mathematician and physicist.
12 Facts About Christian Doppler
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Christian Doppler's father, Johann Christian Doppler, was a third-generation stone mason in Salzburg.
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However, due to his weak health, Christian Doppler's father encouraged him instead to pursue a career in business.
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Christian Doppler returned to Salzburg in 1825 to finish his secondary education.
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In 1836, Christian Doppler married Mathilde Sturm, the daughter of goldsmith Franz Sturm.
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In 1842, at the age of 38, Christian Doppler gave a lecture to the Royal Bohemian Society of Sciences and subsequently published Uber das farbige Licht der Doppelsterne und einiger anderer Gestirne des Himmels.
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Christian Doppler incorrectly believed that if a star were to exceed 136,000 kilometers per second in radial velocity, then it would not be visible to the human eye.
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Christian Doppler continued working as a professor at the Prague Polytechnic, publishing over 50 articles on mathematics, physics and astronomy, but in 1847 he left Prague for the professorship of mathematics, physics, and mechanics at the Academy of Mines and Forests in Selmecbanya.
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Christian Doppler's research was interrupted by the Hungarian Revolution of 1848.
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Christian Doppler died on 17 March 1853 at age 49 from a pulmonary disease in Venice.
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Christian Doppler's tomb is in the cemetery of the Venetian island of San Michele.
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Forty years after Doppler's death the misnomer Johann Christian Doppler was introduced by the astronomer Julius Scheiner.