Maurice Loewy (1833-1907),French astronomer,in formal dress with medallions and other awards. Loewy was born in the Austrian Empire. He started work in astronomy at the Vienna Observatory,but took a position at the Paris Observatory in 1860. He became a French citizen in 1869,and fought in the Franco-Prussian War a year later. He was made a member of the French Academy of Sciences in 1873,and was director of the Paris Observatory from 1896 to 1907. He worked with Pierre Puiseux on a major lunar atlas (published 1910). This image was published in volume 16 (1908) of the US magazine Popular Astronomy | |
Lizenzart: | Lizenzpflichtig |
Credit: | Science Photo Library / Royal Astronomical Society |
Bildgröße: | 3780 px × 4811 px |
Modell-Rechte: | Derzeit liegt noch kein Release vor. Bitte kontaktieren Sie uns vor Verwendung. |
Eigentums-Rechte: | nicht erforderlich |
Restrictions: |
|