Max Wolf, German astronomer and academic (died 1932)

Max Wolf

German astrophotography pioneer (1863–1932)

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.