Historedia
Person

Anders Celsius

Events
2
Episodes
3
Years
1736–1742

Every event in Historedia whose sources name Anders Celsius, with the role they cite and all of that event’s episodes. This is not a biography, and mentions are grouped by name, so two people with the same name can share this page.

Events and episodes

  1. Maupertuis Meridian Arc Expedition

    1736

    Role: Expedition Member

    1. 1736 · LaplandLapland Meridian Measurement

      Maupertuis led the 1736 mission to Lapland to measure a meridian arc degree.

  2. Development of the Celsius Scale

    1741–1742

    Role: Swedish astronomer and physicist who proposed the original inverted centigrade scale

    1. 1741 · Uppsala Astronomical ObservatoryFounding of Uppsala Astronomical Observatory

      Celsius founded the Uppsala Astronomical Observatory in 1741, creating the institutional base for his work.

    2. 1742 · UppsalaProposal of Inverted Centigrade Scale

      Celsius proposed an inverted temperature scale in 1742 where 0 was boiling and 100 was freezing.

Sources

  1. Meridian arc Wikipedia, revision of 2026-07-26
  2. Anders Celsius Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-14
  3. Celsius Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-04