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Johann Franz Bessel · Alexandria

Person · 1672 CE – 1749 CE

Johann Franz Bessel

Also known as

Abbot of Göttweig Gottfried Bessel
Abbot of Göttweig Gottfried Bessel
Abbot of Göttweig Gottfried Bessel
Godefridus Abbas Gotwicensis
Godefridus Besselius
Godefridus Gotwicensis

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citizen ofGermany1949 CE

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