Friedrich Robert Helmert
(1843-1917)

Director of the Geodetic Institute in Potsdam and founder of theories to explore the earth's shape

Died aged c. 74

Friedrich Robert Helmert (31 July 1843 – 15 June 1917) was a German geodesist and statistician with important contributions to the theory of errors.

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Geburtshaus Prof. Dr. Dr. e. h. Friedrich Robert Helmert 1843 - 1917 Direktor des Geodätischen Instituts Potsdam, Begründer von Theorien zur Erforschung der Erdfigur

Nonnengasse 17, Freiberg, Germany where they was born (1843)