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Henri ChrétienHenri Chrétien (February 1, 1879 – February 6, 1956) was a French astronomer and an inventor. Born in Paris, France, his most famous invention is the anamorphic widescreen process, that resulted in CinemaScope, and the co-invention (with George Willis Ritchey) of the Ritchey-Chrétien type of astronomical telescope. He spent part of his early astronomical career at the Nice Observatory. The astronomical Chrétien International Research Grants awards are in honor of him. The contents of this article are licensed from Wikipedia.org under the GNU Free Documentation License.
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