Bernhard Schmidt

Bernhard Woldemar Schmidt was an Estonian optician. In 1930 he invented the Schmidt telescope, which corrected for the optical errors of spherical aberration, coma, and astigmatism, making possible for the first time the construction of very large, wide-angled reflective cameras of short exposure time for astronomical research.

11 April 1879

Born on the same birth day (11 April): Alessandra Ambrosio • Bernard O'Dowd • Billy Bowden • Bret Saberhagen • Charles Evans Hughes • Gerry Baker • Ivane Javakhishvili • Jill Gascoine • Josh Hancock • Manuel Ugarte (footballer) • Mark Keppel • Mark Lawson • Oliver Riedel • Roger Mortimer, 4th Earl of March • Willie Royster

Born in the same month (April 1879): Arthur Berriedale Keith • Arthur Robertson (athlete) • Bernhard Gregory • Bernhard Gregory • Coenraad Hiebendaal • Edward Bruce (New Deal) • Eric Campbell (actor) • Gustav Goßler • Henri Tauzin • Korneli Kekelidze • Melville Henry Cane • Nikolaus zu Dohna-Schlodien • Oswald Bruce Cooper • Owen Willans Richardson • Paul Poiret • Richárd Weisz • Stanislaus Zbyszko • Susanna Bokoyni • Thomas Beecham