Walter Wislicenus

Walter Friedrich Wislicenus (November 5, 1859 – October 3, 1905) was a German astronomer.

He was born in Halberstadt as the son of a preacher, and the nephew of Gustav Adolf Wislicenus, founder of the "free religious movement" in Germany.

After only one year of studies in Leipzig he decided to move to Strasbourg in 1880, where a new observatory was close to completion.

In 1882 he joined an expedition to observe the transit of Venus at Bahía Blanca as an assistant.

He was the main observer for the catalogue of southern stars, created from 1884 to 1888.