Otto Heckmann | |
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.jpg) Painting of Heckmann from the 1960s | |
| Born | June 23, 1901 |
| Died | May 13, 1983 (aged 81) |
| Nationality | German |
| Awards | James Craig Watson Medal in 1961 Bruce Medal in 1964 |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | astronomy |
| Institutions | Hamburg Observatory |
Otto Hermann Leopold Heckmann (June 23, 1901 – May 13, 1983) was a German mathematician and astronomer, director of the Hamburg Observatory from 1941 to 1962, after which he became the first director of the European Southern Observatory.[1] He actively contributed to the creation of the third issue of the Astronomische Gesellschaft Katalog. He also contributed to cosmology based on the fundamentals of general relativity, and in 1942 wrote the book Theorien der Kosmologie.
- ^ Otto Heckmann. Encyclopædia Britannica.