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Oskar Backlund

Date of Birth 28-April-1846
Place of Birth Sweden
(Europe, Eurasia, Scandinavian Peninsula, Northern Europe, Nordic countries, Scandinavia)
Nationality Sweden
Profession Astronomer
Johan Oskar Backlund was a Swedish-Russian astronomer. His name is sometimes given as Jöns Oskar Backlund, however even contemporary Swedish sources give "Johan". In Russia, where he spent his entire career, he is known as Oskar Andreevich Baklund. Russian sources sometimes give his dates of birth and death as April 16, 1846 and August 16, 1916, since Russia still used the Julian calendar at the time.

Awards by Oskar Backlund

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