Jakob Ackeret

Swiss aerodynamics engineer (1898-1981) · Switzerland · On the map · Scientists · Died at 83

Jakob Ackeret, FRAeS was a Swiss aeronautical engineer. He is widely viewed as one of the foremost aeronautics experts of the 20th century.

Jakob Ackeret is read about 10 times a day, in 13 languages.

A typical day, 30 days to 21 September 2026

The middle day of the days counted, so one week of news cannot move it. The line under it is the last 60 days, one point a day.

A life in dates

1981Died27 March 19811970Daniel Guggenheim MedalAward1969Timoshenko MedalAward1965Ludwig-Prandtl-RingAward1898Born17 March 1898

Close ties

Daniel Guggenheim Medal1970

Timoshenko Medal1969

Ludwig-Prandtl-Ring1965

Honorary Doctor of the Vienna Technical University

Honorary Doctorate of the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology

Fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics

Fellow of the Royal Aeronautical Society

Country

Switzerland