Śladami ojca. Edukacja i kariera astronomiczna Christfrieda Kircha (1694-1740)

The activity of Christfried Kirch (1694-1740), son of Gottfried Kirch (1639-1710), the first astronomer of the Royal Prussian Society of Sciences, has not yet received much attention in historiography. Christfried Kirch’s astronomy education - beginning with the studies with his father, to the unfulfilled plans of visits to the observatories in England and France - culminated in his acceptance as an observer of the Royal Prussian Society of Sciences on October 8, 1716. The article aims to present the development of Christfried Kirch’s career and his efforts to achieve the position once held by his father in the Society of Sciences in Berlin.