| Otto Heckmann AKA Otto Hermann Leopold Heckmann Born: 23-Jun-1901
Birthplace: Opladen, Germany
Died: 13-May-1983
Location of death: Regensburg, Germany
Cause of death: unspecified
Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: White
Occupation: Astronomer, Physicist Nationality: Germany
Executive summary: Investigated cosmic expansion German astronomer Otto Heckmann found open and flat solutions to Albert Einstein's field equations, and proposed a rotating universe. He was a driving force in proposing and planning the European Southern Observatory, and served as its first Director. Wife: Johanna Topf meier Heckmann (m. 1925)
Daughter: Hildegard Heckmann
Son: Klaus Heckmann
Daughter: Ulrike Heckmann
High School: Opladen Gymnasium, Opladen, Germany
University: PhD Astronomy, University of Bonn (1925)
Scholar: Bonn Observatory, University of Bonn (1925-27)
Teacher: Astronomy, University of Göttingen (1927-41)
Scholar: Göttingen Observatory, University of Göttingen (1927-41)
Professor: Astronomy, University of Hamburg (1941-62)
Administrator: Director of Hamburg-Bergedorf Observatory, University of Hamburg (1941-62)
Administrator: Director of European Southern Observatory (1962-69)
Bruce Medal 1964
James Craig Watson Medal :1961
International Astronomical Union President (1967-70)
Royal Astronomical Society
Asteroid Namesake 1650 Heckmann
Author of books:
Theorien der Kosmologie (1942)
Sterne, Kosmos, Weltmodelle (1976)
Copernicus und die Moderne Astronomie (1976)
Über die Struktur der kugelförmigen Sternhaufen (1929)
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