Gustav Tammann#
| Sadly, this member passed away. | |
| Membership Number: | 1145 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | EARTH & COSMIC SCIENCES |
| Elected: | 1991 |
| Main Country of Residence: | SWITZERLAND |
Gustav Tammann passed away January 6, 2019.
Positions Held
- 1977 Professor and Head of the Astronomical Institute at the University of Basel
- 1972 Professor at the University of Hamburg
Fields of Scholarship
- Supernovae
- Extragalactic distance scale
Honours and Awards
- 2000 Albert Einstein Medal
- 2000 Tomalla Prize
- 2005 Karl Schwarzschild Medal
- 1993 Corresponding member of the Heidelberg Academy of Sciences and Humanities
- 2001 Asteroid 18872 Tammann was named after Gustav Tammann
- Member of the European Space Agency Space Telescope Advisory Team
- Member of Council of the European Southern Observatory
