Erwin Finlay-Freundlich

Erwin Finlay-Freundlich

FRSE FRAS
Erwin Finlay-Freundlich; FRSE FRAS
Born	29 May 1885; Biebrich, Hesse, Germany
Died	24 July 1964 (aged 79); Wiesbaden, Hesse, Germany
Alma mater	Charlottenburg Polytechnic; University of Göttingen;
Spouse	Kate Hirschberg (m. 1913)
	Scientific career
Fields	Astronomy
Institutions	Berlin Observatory; Einstein Tower; University of Istanbul; Charles University of Prague; St. Andrews University; University of Mainz;
Thesis	Analytische Funktionen mit beliebig vorgeschriebenem unendlich-blättrigem Existenzbereiche (1910)
Doctoral advisor	C. Felix Klein; Paul Koebe;

Erwin Finlay-Freundlich FRSE FRAS (German: [ˈfʀɔɪntlɪç]; 29 May 1885 – 24 July 1964) was a German astronomer, a pupil of Felix Klein. Freundlich was a working associate of Albert Einstein and introduced experiments for which the general theory of relativity could be tested by astronomical observations based on the gravitational redshift.

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