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   Henry
   Paul Pierre
   P. P. H. ; P. P. Henry ;
   
   
   1848 in Nancy, France
   1905
   Paris, France
   
   amateur photographer ->Prosper Henry (brother) http://viaf.org/viaf/51964082
   trained as optician & astronomer; made refracting telescopes & instruments for observatories, involved in the Carte du Ciel Project as photogr.
   France
   Delauney, directeur de l'Observatoire de Paris ; Admiral Mouchez: Carte du Ciel-Project ;
   Paris observatoire (employment since 1864, aide-astronome since June 3, 1868, astronome-adjoint since May 5, 1876); assoc. Royal Astronomical Society;
   -> Prosper Henry (brother), mostly signed together as "Henry bros." or "Frères Henry" ;
   astronomical drawing of planets Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus; pioneer of astronomical photography
   http://the-moon.wikispaces.com/Henry+Frères ; www.mylorraine.fr/article/les-freres-henry-pionniers-de-l-astronomie-et-de-l-astro-photographie/21537
   Bibl.Nat. de France: Recueil. Photographies positives. Oeuvre de Paul et Prosper Henry; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Henry_and_Prosper_Henry
   M. Ch. Trépied: Les Frères Henry pionniers de l'astronomie et de l'astro-photographie, in: Bulletin Astronomique 21 (1905): 59 ; Astronomische Nachrichten 167 (1905): 223 ; Derek Jones: Carte du Ciel, AG 41 (Oct. 2000): 5.16-5.20 ; Wilder 2009: 16, 21-22, 86
   four obituaries are listed & linked at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Henry_and_Prosper_Henry.
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