Maximilian Hell

Maximilian Hell
Hell Miksa
Maximilian Hell dressed in Sami clothing during his stay at Vardø in 1769 to observe the Venus transit
Born
Rudolf Maximilian Höll

(1720-05-15)May 15, 1720
Selmecbánya, Kingdom of Hungary (present-day Banská Štiavnica, Slovakia)
DiedApril 14, 1792(1792-04-14) (aged 71)
Vienna
NationalityHungarian
Scientific career
FieldsAstronomy

Maximilian Hell (Hungarian: Hell Miksa) (born Rudolf Maximilian Höll; May 15, 1720 – April 14, 1792) was an astronomer and an ordained Jesuit priest from the Kingdom of Hungary. The lunar crater Hell is named after him.

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