William Stephen Finsen

William Stephen Finsen

William Stephen Finsen FRAS was a South African astronomer. He discovered a number of double stars and took many photographs of Mars. He developed the Finsen eyepiece interferometer to measure very close double stars. He was the final director of Union Observatory in South Africa from 1957 to 1965.

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Male
Date of Birth
July 28th, 1905
Age
120
Birth Place
South Africa, Gauteng
Date of Death
May 16th, 1979
Died Aged
73
Star Sign
Leo
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