Charles Wolf (astronomer)

This article is about the French astronomer. For the German astronomer, see Max Wolf. For the Swiss astronomer, see Rudolf Wolf.

Charles Joseph Étienne Wolf (9 November 1827 in Vorges – 4 July 1918) was a French astronomer.

Charles Wolf, 1887

In 1862, Urbain Le Verrier offered him a post as assistant at the Paris Observatory.

In 1867 he and Georges Rayet discovered Wolf–Rayet stars.

He was elected to the positions of Vice-President (1897) and President (1898) of the French Academy of Sciences.^[1]