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Max Wolf

Artist · born June 21, 1863 · died 1932

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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.

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  1. ~29Received the Lalande Prize1892
  2. ~49Named Prix Jules Janssen1912
  3. ~51Received the Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society1914
  4. ~67Received the Bruce Medal1930

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