Wilhelm Klinkerfues

Wilhelm Klinkerfues
Wilhelm Klinkerfues in 1884
Born	Ernst Friedrich Wilhelm Klinkerfues 29 March 1827 Hofgeismar, Hesse, Germany
Died	28 January 1884(1884-01-28) (aged 56) Göttingen, Lower Saxony, Germany
Nationality	German
Scientific career
Fields	Astronomy
Doctoral students	Wilhelm Schur

Ernst Friedrich Wilhelm Klinkerfues (29 March 1827 in Hofgeismar – 28 January 1884 in Göttingen) was a German astronomer and meteorologist. He discovered six comets and published weather reports of varying accuracy based on his meteorological measurements.