Biographical entry Rümker, Christian Carl Ludwig (1788 - 1862)

Summary

Christian Carl L. Rümker was Astronomer at the Parramatta Observatory, and the first Government Astronomer, New South Wales 1821-23, and 1826-30. He then took up a position as Director of the Hamburg Observatory, Germany 1833-57.

Archival resources

Adolph Basser Library, Australian Academy of Science

• Christian Carl Ludwig Rümker - Records, 1950 - 1959, MS 50; Adolph Basser Library, Australian Academy of Science. Details

Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales

• Christian Carl Ludwig Rümker - Records, c. 1822 - c. 1825, ML MSS 577; Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales. Details
• Christian Carl Ludwig Rümker - Records, 1825 - 1845, MS Q569; Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales. Details
• Christian Carl Ludwig Rümker - Records, c. 1830 - c. 1849, ML MSS 419/2; Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales. Details
• Phillip Parker King - Records, 1848 - 1856, MS Q299; Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales. Details

National Archives of Australia, Sydney Office

• Christian Carl Ludwig Rümker - Records, 1835 - 1836, CRS C94; National Archives of Australia, Sydney Office. Details
• Christian Carl Ludwig Rümker - Records, 1836, CRS C95; National Archives of Australia, Sydney Office. Details
• Christian Carl Ludwig Rümker - Records, 1822 - 1836, CRS C93; National Archives of Australia, Sydney Office. Details

State Library of Victoria, Australian Manuscripts Collection

• Christian Carl Ludwig Rümker - Records, 1840 - 1865; State Library of Victoria, Australian Manuscripts Collection. Details

Published resources

Book Sections

• Bergman, George F. J., 'Rümker, Christian Carl Ludwig (1788-1862), astronomer', in Douglas Pike (ed.), Australian Dictionary of Biography, vol. 2, Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 1967, pp. 403-404. Also available at http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A020359b.htm. Details

Journal Articles

• Bergman, George F.J., 'Christian Carl Ludwig Rumker (1788-1862). Australia's First Government Astronomer.', Royal Australian Historical Society, vol. 46, no. 5, 1960, pp. 247-289. Details

Online Resources

• 'Rümker, Christian Carl Ludwig - Ms 50', in Listing of Adolph Basser Library holdings, Australian Academy of Science, 1994, http://www.science.org.au/basser/manuscript-collection/ms050.html. Details
• 'Rumker, Christian Carl Ludwig', in Physics in Australia to 1945, R.W. Home, with the assistance of Paula J. Needham, Australian Science Archives Project, June 1995, http://www.asap.unimelb.edu.au/bsparcs/physics/P000762p.htm. Details
• National Library of Australia, 'Rümker, Christian Carl Ludwig', Trove, National Library of Australia and the Australian National Maritime Museum Darling Harbour, 2009, http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1462214. Details

See also

• Federation and Meteorology, 2001, http://www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au/fam/scripts/fam-dynindex.php3?EID=P000762. Details