Holger Thiele
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Holger Thiele (September 25, 1878 – 1946) was a Danish American astronomer. He was the son of Thorvald Nicolai Thiele (after whom 1586 Thiele is named).
He discovered a few asteroids. He also discovered the comet C/1906 V1, and calculated the orbits of other comets.
He worked at Hamburg Observatory at Bergedorf. After coming to the United States, he worked at Lick Observatory.