Maximilian Hell

1720 – 1792 Hungary

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Who was Maximilian Hell?

Slovak-Hungarian Jesuit, astronomer, mathematician, and physicist (1720–1792)

Biographical data adapted from Wikipedia’s article on Maximilian Hell (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Born

Banská Štiavnica

Died

1792

Vienna

Nationality

Zodiac Sign

Taurus

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