Max Wolf
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Gender | Male |
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Death | 92 years ago |
Date of birth | June 21,1863 |
Zodiac sign | Cancer |
Born | Heidelberg |
Germany | |
Date of died | October 3,1932 |
Died | Heidelberg |
Germany | |
Known for | Astrophotography |
Discovered | 553 Kundry |
343 Ostara | |
495 Eulalia | |
532 Herculina | |
588 Achilles | |
871 Amneris | |
552 Sigelinde | |
845 Naëma | |
323 Brucia | |
Children | Franz Wolf |
Awards | Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society |
Lalande Prize | |
Bruce Medal | |
Current partner | Gisela Wolf |
Parents | Elise Wolf |
Franz Wolf | |
Education | Heidelberg University |
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Date of Upd. | |
ID | 737302 |
Max Wolf Life story
Maximilian Franz Joseph Cornelius Wolf was a German astronomer and a pioneer in the field of astrophotography. He was the chairman of astronomy at the University of Heidelberg and director of the Heidelberg-Königstuhl State Observatory from 1902 until his death in 1932.