Carl Vilhelm Ludvig Charlier, commonly referred to as C. V. L. Charlier, was a distinguished astronomer and mathematician, whose scholarly pursuits left a lasting imprint on the field of Astronomy. Charlier was born on April 1, 1862, in Östersund, Sweden, and made significant contributions to celestial mechanics and the statistical study of the stars. One of his noteworthy works, 'Lectures on Stel...