Joseph von Fraunhofer, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Joseph von Fraunhofer

German optical physicist

Date of Birth: 06-Mar-1787

Place of Birth: Straubing, Bavaria, Germany

Date of Death: 07-Jun-1826

Profession: astronomer, physicist, chemist

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

Joseph Ritter von Fraunhofer (; German: ['fra?n?ho?f?]; 6 March 1787 – 7 June 1826) was a Bavarian physicist and optical lens manufacturer.
He made optical glass and achromatic telescope objective lenses, invented the spectroscope, and developed diffraction grating.
In 1814, he discovered and studied the dark absorption lines in the spectrum of the sun now known as Fraunhofer lines.The German research organization Fraunhofer Society is named after him and is Europe's biggest Society for the Advancement of Applied Research.