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   Henry
   Prosper Mathieu
   P. M. H. ; P. M. Henry ;
   
   
   1849 in Nancy, France
   1903
   Pralognan, Savoy, during a holiday
   
   amateur photographerbrother ->Paul Pierre Henry (brother), http://viaf.org/viaf/27339794 ;
   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 as attaché au service metéorologique, aide-astronome since June 1868, astronome-adjoint since Aug.29, 1876
   -> Paul Pierre Henry (brother, mostly signed together as "Henry bros." or "Frères Henry" ;
   astronomical drawing ; 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 163 (1903): 381 ; Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 64 (1904): 296-7 ; Derek Jones: Carte du Ciel, AG 41(Oct. 2000): 5.16-5.20 ; Wilder 2009: 16, 21-22 & 86 ;
   Since 1864 active in Paris ; Chevalier de la Légion d'Honneur ; Associate of the Royal Astronomical Society (since Nov. 8, 1889) ; 4 obituaries are listed & linked at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Henry_and_Prosper_Henry.
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