Born at Hamburg, Georg Rümker was the son of Carl Ludwig Christian Rümker. He was astronomer at the observatory at Durham, England, from 1853 to 1856.
Georg Rümker, born in Hamburg, was the son of Carl Ludwig Christian Rümker. He held a position as an astronomer at the Durham Observatory in England from 1853 to 1856, which involved observing and studying celestial bodies.