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He had an early interest in amateur astronomy and received his undergraduate degree in 1939 at the Sorbonne in Paris. After military service in World War II, he resumed his pursuit of astronomy.
Fluent in English, he spent 1949 – 1951 in England and 1951 – 1957 in AustraliaAustralia is the sixth-largest country in the world (geographically), the only one to occupy an entire continent, and the largest in the region of Australasia. Australia includes the island of Tasmania, which is an Australian State. Its neighbouring count, the latter at Mount Stromlo ObservatoryMount Stromlo Observatory MSO located just outside of Canberra, Australia, is part of the Research School of Astronomy and Astrophysics at the Australian National University (ANU). History The observatory was established in 1924 as The Commonwealth Solar. In 1960Events January-February January 1 Independence of Cameroon January 9 Aswan High Dam construction begins in Egypt January 11 Chad declares its independence. January 14 Ralph Chubb, the gay poet and printer, dies at Fair Oak Cottage in Hampshire. January 23 he was appointed to the University of Texas, where he spent the rest of his career.
He specialized in the study of galaxiesThis article is about a celestial body. For alternate meanings see galaxy (disambiguation). Spiral Galaxy ESO 269-57 is about 150 million light-years away and 200,000 light-years across. Stars are almost always found in collections called galaxies togethe and was co-author of the Third Reference Catalogue of Bright Galaxies.