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Name	Christian Carl Ludwig Rümker
Alternative Names	Christian Carl Ludwig Rumker Charles Stargard Rümker Charles Luis Rümker Karl Rümker
Born	18 May, 1788 Stargard, Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Germany
Died	1862 (aged ~ 73) Lisbon, Portugal
Cultural Heritage	German Includes subject's nationality; their parents' nationality; the countries in which they spent a significant part of their childhood, and their self-identity.
Related Entries	[View as tree] Brisbane, Thomas Makdougall (acquaintance) Antill, Henry Colden (neighbour)
Occupation *	astronomer (1821-1823) New South Wales, Australia astronomer (1826-1830) New South Wales, Australia

* Dates are approximate