Andrew celcius biography

(1701-1744)

Synopsis

Anders Celsius was born on November 27, 1701 in Uppsala, Sweden.

Andrew celcius biography

He was a Swedish astronomer and physicist who taught at the University of Uppsala. He published a collection of observations of the aurora borealis and built the Uppsala Observatory. He also invented the Celsius (or centigrade) thermometer scale.

Though he originally set the scale with a boiling point of 0° and a freezing point of 100°, the inverted form of the scale, setting the freezing point of water at 0° and the boiling point at 100° is considered the standard among scientific work today.

Another scale, developed by Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit, is commonly used in the United States. Celsius died in 1744 at the age of 42.

• Name: Anders Celsius
• Birth Year: 1701
• Birth date: November 27, 1701
• Birth City: Uppsala
• Birth Country: Sweden
• Gender: Male
• Best Known For: Anders Celsius was a Swedish astronomer who built the Uppsala Observatory and invented the Celsius (or centig