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Max Waldmeier (18 April 1912 – 26 September 2000) was a Swiss astronomer, known for his research on sunspots. As director of the Zurich Observatory until 1980, Waldmeier insisted on counting sunspots by eye over automated methods, using a Fraunhofer refracting telescope installed by Zurich Observatory director Rudolf Wolf in 1849.[1]

Max Waldmeier
Born	(1912-04-18)18 April 1912
Died	26 September 2000(2000-09-26) (aged 88)
Nationality	Swiss
Occupation	Astronomer

Legacy

Waldmeier was known for his "stubborn traditionalism" about how sunspots should be studied.[1] He has been variously described as "one of the leading personalities in solar physics of the 20th century"[2] and "the most arrogant astronomer in Switzerland in the mid-20th century."[1]

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Max Waldmeier (* 18. April 1912 in Olten; † 26. September 2000 in Küsnacht) war Schweizer Astronom, Sonnenforscher und ordentlicher Professor für Astrophysik an ETH Zürich und Universität Zürich. Auf ihn geht unter anderem die Waldmeier-Klassifikation der Sonnenflecken (um 1950) und die Eruptionshypothese der Sonnenaktivität (1935) zurück.

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