Max Wolf

✶June 21, 1863

†October 3, 1932

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About their life

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.

German astrophotography pioneer (1863-1932)

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Biography from the article Max Wolf on the English Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.