| Adolph Gottfried Kinau |
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Born into a family of ministers and teachers, he studied theology at the universities of Halle and Magdeburg from 1833 to 1840. Until 1851, he had several appointments as teacher. Till 1861 he was minister in Rohr in Thuringia , Germany. Until his death he was minister at the Kreuzkirche in Suhl , Thuringia. He had several offices in charity and school system. Kinau was known as Selenographer who had specialised in Lunar Rills . In 1847 he discovered six lunar rills and continued to make lunar drawings all his life. Edmund Neison honoured him with Lunar Crater Kinau . REFERENCES
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