Born Jindřichův Hradec, (Czech Republic), 3 December 1867
Died Prague, (Czech Republic), 17 September 1951
František Nušl was one of the founders of modern Czech astronomy. He was the son of Ignác Nušl and Františka Nušlová (née Novotna) and was educated at the Czech Charles‐Ferdinand University in Prague (bachelor of philosophy 1905). He and his wife Aloisie (née Doležalová) had two sons and a daughter. Nušl taught mathematics and physics at a high school before receiving his Ph.D. and was appointed an associate professor of mathematics at the Czech Technical University, Prague (full professor: 1911). He was director of the National Astronomical Observatory in Prague from 1918 and professor of astronomy at Charles University until his retirement in 1937. Nušl served as president of the Czechoslovak Astronomical Society (1922–1948) and vice president of the International Astronomical Union (1928–1935).
Nušl's work was largely in practical astronomy and construction of astrometric...
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Nušl, F. (1907). “Über allgemeine Differenzformeln der sphärischen Aberration.” Bulletin international de l'Académie des sciences de Bohème.
——— (1909). “Einige Bemerkungen zu der Abbeschen Theorie der optischen Abbildung.” Sitzungsberichte der Königlich‐Böhmischen Gesellschaft der Wissenschaften.
——— (1909). “Kritische Übersicht der Triangulierungen der Umgebung von Prag.” Sitzungsberichte der Königlich‐Böhmischen Gesellschaft der Wissenschaften.
——— (1929). “Micromètre impersonnel de l'appareil circumzénithal.” Rozpravy II. třídy České Akademie 38, č.14a. Prague.
Nušl, F. and J. J. Frič (1902). “Note sur deux appareils sans niveaux pour la détermination de l'heure et de la latitude.” Bulletin astronomique 19: 261–274.
——— (1903). “Étude sur l'appareil circumzénithal.” Bulletin international de l'Académie des sciences de Bohême.
——— (1904). “Mitteilung über das Diazenital.” Astronomische Nachrichten 166: 225–228.
——— (1906). “Deuxième étude sur l'appareil circumzénithal.” Bulletin international de l'Académie des sciences de Bohème.
——— (1908). “Première étude sur les anomalies de réfraction.” Bulletin international de l'Académie des sciences de Bohème.
——— (1925). “Troisième étude sur l'appareil circumzénithal.” Publications de l'Observatoire national de Prague, nos. 1 and 2.
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Vondrák, J. (2007). Nušl, František. In: Hockey, T., et al. The Biographical Encyclopedia of Astronomers. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-30400-7_1024
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