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1898: JN Krieger (1865-1902)

Johann Krieger, from the frontispiece to his Mond Atlas, published by Konig. Krieger was born in Bavaria and observed from his observatory in Trieste. He planned an extensive atlas of lunar drawings, adding telescopically observed details to photographs. Only one volume was published by his friend Rudolf Konig (1865-1927).