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August Kopff
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- August
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Germany
- Place of birth
- Heidelberg
- Place of death
- Heidelberg
- Occupation
- astronomer
- Educated at
- Heidelberg University
- Employer
- Heidelberg University
- Languages spoken
- German
- Doctoral advisor
- Max Wolf
- Doctoral student
- Wilhelm Gliese
- Field of work
- astronomy
- Image
- August Kopff.jpg
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- date of birth
- 1882-02-05
- date of death
- 1960-04-25
- member of
- Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei
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- August Kopff
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Encyclopedic overview
August Kopff
August Kopff (February 5, 1882 – April 25, 1960) was a German astronomer and discoverer of several comets and asteroids.
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