Re: [amsat-bb] Doppler's First Name?

[Ottwald Josef Holler <ottwald.holler@xxxxxx>]

paul.willmott@omsl.bm schrieb:
> 
> Hi Group,
> 
> One of the questions in the AMSAT-UK Pub Quiz this year was:
> 
> What was Doppler's first name?
> 
> When I set the question, I thought the answer was very simple: Johann
> 
> However, James Miller points out that a large number of web sites state that
> his first name was Christian
> 
> Now, I've check many reference texts and about 50% say Johann and 50%
> Christian
> 
> and some say Christian Johann, and others Johann Christian
> 
> So what am I to believe, .... any takers?
> 
> Paul, VP9MU
> 
Hi, friends!
I'm from Austria - Salzburg where Christian Doppler lived.
Believe me, it's shure... his prename was Christian!

vy 73 es 55 de Ottwald OE2OHA

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