People of Hamburg Observatory
Directors of the Observatory
- Johann Georg Repsold (from 1802–1830)
- Christian Karl Ludwig Rümker (director from 1833–1857)
- George Rümker (director from 1857–1900)
- Richard Schorr (1900–1941)
- Otto Heckmann (1941–1968) 1962 became 1st head of the newly formed European Southern Observatory
- Alfred Behr (1968–1979)
- Co-Director with Behr: Alfred Weigert (1969-1991?)
Bernhard Schmidt, inventor of the Schmidt camera worked at the Observatory including making telescopes, instruments, and observations starting in 1916. Walter Baade successfully petitioned the Hamburg senate to have Schmidt camera installed in 1937, and it was completed in 1954 after work re-started on in 1951 after being interrupted by WWII. Walter Baade also succeeded in having a Schmidt camera built at Mount Wilson Observatory in California.
Dr. Kasimir Graf made many observations at Hamburg until he left for the Vienna Observatory in 1928.
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