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Heinrich Wilhelm Matthias Olbers

BIRTH DATE:  10/11/1758
DEATH DATE:  3/2/1840
CRAFT:  Science
NATIONALITY:  German
PROFESSION:  physician and astronomer
TRAVELS:  Author of Olbers' Dark Night Sky paradox, which asks "Why is the night sky black if there is an infinity of stars?"
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