Leo Goldberg

Leo Goldberg
Born
Leopold Goldberg

(1913-01-26)January 26, 1913
DiedNovember 1, 1987(1987-11-01) (aged 74)
Alma materHarvard University
OccupationAstronomer
Spouses
Charlotte Belle Wyman
(m. 1943, divorced)
(m. 1987)
Children3
Relatives
Scientific career
Thesis The Intensities of Helium Lines  (1938)
Doctoral advisorDonald Howard Menzel

Leopold Goldberg (26 January 1913 – 1 November 1987) was an American astronomer who held professorships at Harvard and the University of Michigan and the directorships of several major observatories. He was president of both the International Astronomical Union and the American Astronomical Society. His research focused on solar physics and the application of atomic physics to astronomy, and he led many of the early efforts to study the Sun from space telescopes.[1]

  1. ^ Dalgarno, Alexander; Layzer, David; Noyes, Robert; Parkinson, William (February 1990). "Obituary: Leo Goldberg". Physics Today. 43 (2): 144–148. Bibcode:1990PhT....43b.144D. doi:10.1063/1.2810469. Archived from the original on October 5, 2013. Retrieved October 2, 2013.