Johann von Lamont (December 13,1805 - August 6,1879) was a Scottish-German astronomer and physicist. He was born in Inverey, Scotland and moved to Ratisbon, Germany in 1817 to study at the local seminary. He began to work in astronomy and joined the Bogenhausen Observatory, became its director in 1835 and a professor of astronomy in 1852 at Munich University. At the observatory he undertook the task of creating a star catalog that had about 35,000 entries. Wikipedia
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