Heckmann, Otto, 1901-1983
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Name (Latin)
Heckmann, Otto, 1901-1983
Other forms of name
Heckmann, Otto, 1901-
Date of birth
1901-06-23
Date of death
1983-05-13
Occupation
Astronomers
Authors
College teachers
Associated Language
ger
Gender
male
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ESO Director General Prof. Otto Heckmann (painting)
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Wikipedia description:
Otto Hermann Leopold Heckmann (June 23, 1901 – May 13, 1983) was a German mathematician and astronomer, director of the Hamburg Observatory from 1941 to 1962, after which he became the first director of the European Southern Observatory. He actively contributed to the creation of the third issue of the Astronomische Gesellschaft Katalog. He also contributed to cosmology based on the fundamentals of general relativity, and in 1942 wrote the book Theorien der Kosmologie.
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