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Prinz, Wilhelm
Identity
Category
Person (Male)
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Status
- Professional / Connected
Details
Life dates
Mulheim am Rhein [Prussia], 1857 - Brussels - Uccle, 1910
Activity
1887 - 1905 Bruxelles - Saint-Gilles
° 28.7.1857; + 1.8.1910. Astronomer and geologist. Assistant in the Meteorological Service of the Royal Observatory. In 1893, lecturer and subsequently professor at the "Université Libre de Bruxelles". Astronomic and meteorological photographer. Author of the brochure "La photographie astronomique par les petits appareils", Brussels, 1887, illustrated with 5 photolithographic plates from his own negatives: images of the sun, the moon, etc. In 1894 he published the first fascicule of a photographic lunar atlas with double-plate collotypes from his negatives printed by Joseph Maes (see that name). A lunar crater is named after him. Not a member of the ABP from 1892 to 1898.
1906 - 1910 + Bruxelles - Uccle
° 28.7.1857; + 1.8.1910. Astronomer and geologist. Assistant in the Meteorological Service of the Royal Observatory. In 1893, lecturer and subsequently professor at the "Université Libre de Bruxelles". Astronomic and meteorological photographer. Author of the brochure "La photographie astronomique par les petits appareils", Brussels, 1887, illustrated with 5 photolithographic plates from his own negatives: images of the sun, the moon, etc. In 1894 he published the first fascicule of a photographic lunar atlas with double-plate collotypes from his negatives printed by Joseph Maes (see that name). A lunar crater is named after him. Not a member of the ABP from 1892 to 1898.
1906 - 1910 + Bruxelles - Uccle
Locations
1887 - 1905 Bruxelles - Saint-Gilles
1906 - 1910 + Bruxelles - Uccle
1906 - 1910 + Bruxelles - Uccle
Exhibitions
Antwerp, 1894 (silver medal); Liège, 1905.
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Affiliations
Affiliated entity
Association belge de Photographie
Type of affiliation
Member of
Dates of affiliation
1888 - 1910
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Management
Record source
DIRECTORY_1997#3510
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Dates of creation/revision
SFJ revised 24.4.2017 & 6.5.2018; SFJ revised 29.4.2020 based on information supplied by M. Demaeght; SFJ revised 8.4.2021