Max Wolf
Maximilian Franz Joseph Cornelius Wolf (June 21, 1863 – October 3, 1932) was a German astronomer and a pioneer in the field of astrophotography. He was Chairman of Astronomy at the University of Heidelberg and Director of the Landessternwarte Heidelberg-Königstuhl observatory from 1902 to 1932.
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“What does it mean when we are told
That the Assyrian came down like a wolf on the fold?”
—Ogden Nash (1902–1971)