Peder Horrebow, Danish astronomer and mathematician (born 1679)

Peder Horrebow

Danish astronomer (1679–1764)

Peder [Nielsen] Horrebow (Horrebov) was a Danish astronomer. Born in Løgstør, Jutland to a poor family of fishermen, Horrebow entered the University of Copenhagen in 1703. He worked his way through grammar school and university by virtue of his technical knowledge: he repaired…