Carl Wilhelm Wirtz, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Carl Wilhelm Wirtz

German astronomer

Date of Birth: 24-Aug-1876

Place of Birth: Krefeld, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Date of Death: 18-Feb-1939

Profession: astronomer, university teacher

Nationality: Germany

Zodiac Sign: Virgo


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About Carl Wilhelm Wirtz

  • Carl Wilhelm Wirtz (24 August 1876 in Krefeld – 18 February 1939 in Hamburg) was an astronomer who spent his time between the Kiel Observatory (526) in Germany and the Observatory of Strasbourg, France.
  • He is known for statistically showing the existence of a redshift-distance correlation for spiral galaxies.

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