# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/veikko-aleksanteri-heiskanen
# Generated: 2026-08-16T04:42:22.822Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/veikko-aleksanteri-heiskanen"
name: "Veikko Aleksanteri Heiskanen"
slug: "veikko-aleksanteri-heiskanen"
description: "Veikko Aleksanteri Heiskanen was a Finnish geodesist and geophysicist. He was known for his refinement of George Biddell Airy and John Henry Pratt's theories of isostasy into his own, the Heiskanen hypothesis. With Felix Andries Vening Meinesz, he wrote the textbook The Earth and its Gravity Field (1958), and in 1960 a paper by Heiskanen, \"The latest achievements of physical geodesy\" was discussed in the scientific literature. With Helmut Moritz, Heiskanen wrote the textbook Physical Geodesy (1967), which became a standard text the field of geodesy and for the study of the geoid. Heiskanen's doctoral students include Ivan I. Mueller."
tagline: "Finnish geodesist (1895–1971)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Veikko-Heiskanen-1936.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1895-07-23"
deathDate: "1971-10-23"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           39.27
  momentum:             15
  historical:           7.203024
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
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  country:  null
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sources:
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    title: "Veikko Heiskanen"
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  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A4%D9%8A%D9%83%D9%88_%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%83%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AA%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%89_%D9%87%D9%8A%D8%B3%D9%83%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%8A%D9%86"
    title: "ڤيكو اليكسانتيرى هيسكانين"
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    title: "Veikko Aleksanteri Heiskanen"
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  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veikko_Aleksanteri_Heiskanen"
    title: "Veikko Aleksanteri Heiskanen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/V._A._Heiskanen"
    title: "V. A. Heiskanen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veikko_Aleksanteri_Heiskanen"
    title: "Veikko Aleksanteri Heiskanen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veikko_Aleksanteri_Heiskanen"
    title: "Veikko Aleksanteri Heiskanen"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump