!!!Hell, Maximilian

b. Banská Štiavnicá, Slovakia (then Schemnitz), May 15, 1720, 
d. Vienna, April 14, 1792, Jesuit, astronomer; 1755 called to Vienna 
by Maria Theresia; made the Vienna observatory known throughout 
Europe; 1755 first holder of the newly-founded chair of astronomy, 
1757 also lectured on mechanics; 1767-1770 journey to the polar island 
Vardoe. Research on the northern lights, Arctic Ocean, refraction, 
tides etc. From 1757 editor of an annual ephemeris collection (earlier 
published only in Paris).

!Works
Ephemerides astronomicae, 37 vols., 1757-1793; De transitu 
Veneris ante discum Solis, 1770; De parallaxi Solis, 1773.

!Literature
F. Knoll (ed.), Oe. Naturforscher, Aerzte und Techniker, 
1957; F. d´Occhieppo, Dictionary of Scientific Biography, 
vol. 6, 1965; NDB.



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