Otto Heckmann AKA Otto Hermann Leopold Heckmann Born: 23-Jun-1901 Birthplace: Opladen, Germany Died: 13-May-1983 Location of death: Regensburg, Germany Cause of death: unspecified
Gender: Male Race or Ethnicity: White Occupation: Astronomer, Physicist Nationality: Germany Executive summary: Investigated cosmic expansion German astronomer Otto Heckmann found open and flat solutions to Albert Einstein's field equations, and proposed a rotating universe. He was a driving force in proposing and planning the European Southern Observatory, and served as its first Director. Wife: Johanna Topf meier Heckmann (m. 1925) Daughter: Hildegard Heckmann Son: Klaus Heckmann Daughter: Ulrike Heckmann
High School: Opladen Gymnasium, Opladen, Germany University: PhD Astronomy, University of Bonn (1925) Scholar: Bonn Observatory, University of Bonn (1925-27) Teacher: Astronomy, University of Göttingen (1927-41) Scholar: Göttingen Observatory, University of Göttingen (1927-41) Professor: Astronomy, University of Hamburg (1941-62) Administrator: Director of Hamburg-Bergedorf Observatory, University of Hamburg (1941-62) Administrator: Director of European Southern Observatory (1962-69)
Bruce Medal 1964 James Craig Watson Medal :1961 International Astronomical Union President (1967-70) Royal Astronomical Society Asteroid Namesake 1650 Heckmann
Author of books:
Theorien der Kosmologie (1942) Sterne, Kosmos, Weltmodelle (1976) Copernicus und die Moderne Astronomie (1976) Über die Struktur der kugelförmigen Sternhaufen (1929)
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