Heinrich Louis d'Arrest

Heinrich Louis d'Arrest.

Asteroids discovered: 1

76 Freia

21 October 1862

Heinrich Louis d'Arrest (13 July 1822 – 14 June 1875) was a Prussian astronomer, born in Berlin. His name is sometimes given as Heinrich Ludwig d'Arrest. He died in Copenhagen, Denmark.

Further reading

• Dieke, Sally (1970). "Heinrich Louis D' Arrest". Dictionary of Scientific Biography 1. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. 295-296. 

Other websites

• Awarding of RAS gold medal: MNRAS 35 (1875) 265

Obituaries

• AN 86 (1875) 63/64 (one paragraph, in German)
• MNRAS 36 (1876) 155