Anders Celcius
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Anders Celsius
Anders Celsius was born in Uppsala, Sweden on November 27, 1701. He was born into a family of many talented scientists. His father was a professor of astronomy and his grandfathers were mathematicians and astronomers. Dr. Olof Celsius, who made one of the oldest collections of pressed specimens of plants, was his uncle. As a young child, Celsius took a special liking to mathematics.
He attended the University of Uppsala and studied astronomy, mathematics and experimental physics. He was made the secretary of the Uppsala Scientific Society. At the age of 29, he finished his education and began teaching mathematics at the same university. The University made him a professor of astronomy in 1730...