Max Wolf
German astrophotography pioneer (1863-1932)
Also known as Maximilian Franz Joseph Cornelius Wolf
- Born
- June 21, 1863
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Sources- 1.Stated in BnF authoritiesRetrieved 2015-10-10
- 2.Stated in Encyclopædia Britannica OnlineRetrieved 2017-10-09
- 3.Stated in SNACRetrieved 2017-10-09
- 4.Stated in Brockhaus EnzyklopädieRetrieved 2017-10-09
- 5.Stated in Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana
- 6.Stated in Find a GraveRetrieved 2024-11-16
- June 21, 1863
- Died
- October 3, 1932
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Sources- 1.Stated in BnF authoritiesRetrieved 2015-10-10
- 2.Stated in Encyclopædia Britannica OnlineRetrieved 2017-10-09
- 3.Stated in SNACRetrieved 2017-10-09
- 4.Stated in Brockhaus EnzyklopädieRetrieved 2017-10-09
- 5.Stated in Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana
- 6.Stated in Find a GraveRetrieved 2024-11-16
- October 3, 1932
- Birthplace
- Place of death
- Citizenship
- Occupation
- Positions held
- Education
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- Member of
- Academy of Sciences of the USSR
- Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
- Hungarian Academy of Sciences
- Heidelberg Academy of Sciences and Humanities(since 1909) subject has role: ordinary member
- Russian Academy of Sciences
- Royal Prussian Academy of Sciences
- German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina(since 1896)
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Sources- 1.“Leopoldina: Detail”leopoldina.org/mitglieder/mitgliederverzeichnis/detail/max-wolf/Retrieved 2026-05-02
- Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities(since 1922) subject has role: corresponding member
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Sources- 1.“Personentreffer: Bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaften”badw.de/data/footer-navigation/personentreffer.html?tx_badwdb_badwperson%5Baction%5D=show&tx_badwdb_badwperson%5Bcontroller%5D=BADWPerson&tx_badwdb_badwperson%5BpartialType%5D=BADWPersonDetailsPartial&tx_badwdb_badwperson%5Bper_id%5D=3509&cHash=12a333aa4b0cb3df72033bbd8cecb506Retrieved 2026-05-02
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- National Academy of Sciences(since 1913) subject has role: International Member of the National Academy of Sciences
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Sources- 1.“Max Wolf – NAS”nasonline.org/directory-entry/max-wolf-2aimpo/Retrieved 2026-05-02
- Name in native language
- Maximilian Franz Joseph Cornelius Wolf
- Sex or gender
- male
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Sources- 1.Stated in BnF authoritiesRetrieved 2015-10-10
- 2.Stated in Integrated Authority FileRetrieved 2024-07-03
- male
- Has works in the collection
- Museum of Modern Art
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Sources- 1.Stated in Museum of Modern Art online collectionRetrieved 2022-11-13
- Museum of Modern Art
- Copyright status as a creator
- copyrights on works have expired applies to jurisdiction: countries with 70 years pma or shorter
- Archives at
- Heidelberg University Library inventory number: Heid. Hs. 3695 · type of document(s) held: Nachlass
On other databases
67 identifiers linking Max Wolf across the web's reference databases
- Academic Tree ID83134
- Artsy artist IDmax-wolf
- AstroGen ID46340
- Awards & Winners artist ID02sfpy
- Bibliothèque nationale de France ID106854067
- Biographical Encyclopedia of Astronomers ID1496
- BIU Santé person ID9703
- Brockhaus Enzyklopädie online IDwolf-max-maximilian
- CONOR.SI ID251885923
- DDB person (GND) ID11876988X
- Deutsche Biographie (GND) ID11876988X
- Encyclopædia Britannica Online IDbiography/Max-Wolf
- FactGrid item IDQ887708
- FAST ID123357
- FES digital collections entity ID351605
- Find a Grave memorial ID63574927
- Freebase ID/m/02sfpy
- George Eastman Museum people ID65300
- GEPRIS Historisch person ID5113808
- GND ID11876988X
- Google Arts & Culture entity IDm02sfpy
- Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana IDmaximilian-franz-joseph-wolf
- Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID (former scheme)0072357
- Great Norwegian Encyclopedia IDMax_Wolf
- HAdW member ID634
- Hrvatska enciklopedija ID66302
- IdRef ID07928826X
- ISNI0000000109656610
- Kalliope-Verbund (GND) ID11876988X
- Krugosvet article (archived)nauka_i_tehnika/astronomiya/VOLF_MAKS.html
- LEO-BW person (GND) ID11876988X
- Leopoldina member ID (new)max-wolf
- Library of Congress Authorities IDn83826773
- Mathematics Genealogy Project ID73765
- Musée d'Orsay artist or personality ID70449
- Museo Galileo authority ID177405
- Museum of Modern Art artist ID8450
- MutualArt artist ID24183CE5709BDC2D
- National Academy of Sciences member ID20001289
- National Gallery of Art artist ID48639
- National Library of Portugal ID1442162
- Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID163425221
- Nobel Prize People Nomination ID10285
- NUKAT IDn2014094095
- Open Library IDOL6727849A
- Oxford Reference overview ID20110803124329454
- Philadelphia Museum of Art entity ID65976
- Photographers' Identities Catalog ID274876
- Poincaré Papers person ID739
- Regensburg ClassificationUB 2780
- RERO ID (legacy)A018464591
- RKDartists ID337814
- SBN author IDLIAV154104
- Scopus author ID56913625700
- SHARE Catalogue author ID85848
- SNAC ARK IDw6q6724p
- Stuttgart Database of Scientific Illustrators ID5991
- Treccani IDmax-wolf
- Treccani's Enciclopedia Italiana IDmax-wolf
- Union List of Artist Names ID500459996
- VIAF cluster ID40174197
- Wellcome Collection concept IDy2faqde2
- WikiTree person IDWolf-8470
- WorldCat Entities IDE39PBJrGrYMtm7WCJM3W7PX8G3
- Yale LUX IDperson/c466b0c7-e6d1-4dac-b146-f825655dc02e
- ZbMATH author IDwolf.max
- ZOBODAT person ID107323
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