Charles Wolf (astronomer)

Charles Joseph Étienne Wolf (9 November 1827 in Vorges – 4 July 1918) was a French astronomer.

This article is about the French astronomer. For the German astronomer who discovered nearby star Wolf 359, see Max Wolf.


In 1862, Urbain Le Verrier offered him a post as assistant at the Paris Observatory.

In 1867 he and Georges Rayet discovered Wolf–Rayet stars.

He was elected to the positions of Vice-President (1897) and President (1898) of the French Academy of Sciences.[1]

References
  1. Présidents de l'Académie des sciences de 1699 à nos jours
  • MNRAS 79 (1919) 235
  • "Notes". Nature. 101 (2545): 450. 1918. Bibcode:1918Natur.101..450.. doi:10.1038/101450a0. (p. 451)
  • Obs 41 (1918) 365
  • The Pulfrich Effect: Wolf (1865)


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