Charles Wolf (astronomer)
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Charles Joseph Étienne Wolf (9 November 1827 in Vorges – 4 July 1918) was a French astronomer.
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]
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[edit]- MNRAS 79 (1919) 235
- "Notes". Nature. 101 (2545): 450–454. 1918. Bibcode:1918Natur.101..450.. doi:10.1038/101450a0. (p. 451)
- Obs 41 (1918) 365
- The Pulfrich Effect: Wolf (1865)