Gustav Andreas Tammann
Swiss astonomer (1932-2019) · Germany · On the map · Scientists · Died at 86
Gustav Andreas Tammann was a Swiss astronomer and academic. He served as director of the Astronomical Institute of the University of Basel; as a member of the European Space Agency Space Telescope Advisory Team, and as Member of Council of the European Southern Observatory.
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2019Died6 January 20192005Karl Schwarzschild MedalAward2000Albert Einstein MedalAwardTomalla FoundationAward1932Born24 July 1932
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His research interests included supernovae and the extragalactic distance scale. Tammann was a former President of the International Astronomical Union Commission on Galaxies.
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Germany
Category
Scientists
Type
Scientist
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1932 to 2019 · aged 86
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