Richard Schorr

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Richard Reinhard Emil Schorr (b. August 20, 1867, Kassel - September 21, 1951, Badgastein, Salzburg), was an astronomer; Schorr (crater) and an asteroid Schorria are named after him.

Richard was the director of the Hamburger Sternwarte (Hamburg Observatory) from 1902-1941, succeeding George Ruemker. Between 1913 and 1920 Richard, in cooperation with Danish astronomer Thiele, took more than 1700 photographic plates which were used for searching and position determination of comets and asteroids. They discovered 30 new asteroids and one new comet, D/1918 W1 (Schorr), during this time.