Johann Gottfried Galle

a German astronomer from Radis, Germany, who with the assistance of a student, was the first person to view the planet Neptune and know what he was looking at.
From: Wikipedia
Born
9 June 1812 Radis, Kingdom of Prussia
From: Wikipedia
Died
10 July 1910 (aged 98) Potsdam, German Empire
From: Wikipedia
Known for
Discovery of Neptune
From: Wikipedia
Fields
Astronomy
From: Wikipedia
Alma mater
University of Berlin
From: Wikipedia
Awards
Lalande Prize (1839)
From: Wikipedia
Institutions
Berlin Observatory University of Breslau
From: Open Science FrameworkOSF
adultbasic
Germany
From: Open Science FrameworkOSF
era
1800+