Charles Fehrenbach

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French astronomer (1914-2008)

France ScientistsLived 1914 to 2008 · aged 93

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Charles Fehrenbach was a French astronomer and member of the French Academy of Sciences. He was director of the Observatoire de Haute Provence (OHP) until 1983.

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Awards 12

1977CNRS Gold medal

1963Karl Schwarzschild Medal

1959Prix Jules Janssen

1950Lalande Prize

Ladies' award of the Astronomical Society of France

Honorary doctorate from the University of Geneva

Officer of the Order of Leopold

Commander of the Order of Leopold II

Commander of the French Order of Academic Palms

Knight of the Order of Agricultural Merit

Commander of the Legion of Honour

Croix de guerre 1939-1945

Connected to Charles 6

Eddy BlondeelAlso won Commander of the Order of Leopold II

Georges RichardAlso won Knight of the Order of Agricultural Merit André CouderAlso won Ladies' award of the Astronomical Society of France Andrzej UdalskiAlso won Karl Schwarzschild Medal

Marie BlochAlso won Lalande Prize

Evry SchatzmanAlso won CNRS Gold medal

About this person

Charles Fehrenbach was a French astronomer and member of the French Academy of Sciences. He was director of the Observatoire de Haute Provence (OHP) until 1983. Following the Second World War, he was one of the first astronomers to pioneer the reversion method of using objective prisms to measure the Doppler shift of stars.

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France