Emanuel von der Pahlen

He was educated at University of Göttingen, where he was awarded a Doctorate of Mathematical Sciences.

Prior to World War I he joined solar eclipse expeditions in 1905, 1912 and 1914.

Between the world wars, he was employed at the Astrophysikalishen Observatorium Potsdam.

In 1947 he published Einführung in die Dynamik von Sternsystemen, a 241-page work on Galaxies.

The crater Von der Pahlen on the Moon is named after him.