Hermann Joseph Klein (14 September 1844 – 1 July 1914) was a German

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, author and professor. Born in

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, Germany on 14 September 1844, he attained his doctorate from the

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in 1874, and taught at the school. He was a member of the Selenographic Society and the crater Klein on the

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is now named after him. In 1878 he claimed to have discovered a new crater on the moon near

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Bibliography

*''The Creator's Wonders in Living Nature'' (Ward, Lock and Company, 1885) *''Star Atlas: Maps of all the stars from 1-6.5 magnitude between the North Pole and 34° south declination''

References

External links

Kritzinger, H. H. ''Announcement of the death of Hermann Joseph Klein, Astronomische Nachrichten'', volume 199, p.15
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19th-century German astronomers 1844 births 1914 deaths 20th-century German astronomers Academic staff of the University of Cologne {{Germany-astronomer-stub