Community of Scholars Profile

Biermann, Ludwig Franz Benedikt

Information in this profile has been submitted by the individual or is based on Institute records, including the publication A Community of Scholars: The Institute for Advanced Study 1930-1980.

Data from Institute records

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Visits to IAS

TypeAffiliationStart DateEnd Date
[M]Math(NS)9/1/196112/31/1961

Year of Death: 1986

Field of Study while at IAS: Origin of Cosmic Rays

Past and Other Appointments

AppointmentOrganizationStart YearEnd Year
Mem and Chm European South Observatory (ESO)19721977
Pres Comm 15 of the IAU19671970
Pres Rat Westdeutscher Stemwarten19641970

Degrees

DegreeYearInstitution
Ph.D.1932Göttingen Univ

Honors

DescriptionYear
Foreign Assoc NAS1976
Gold medal of the Royal Astron Soc, London1974
DSc(hc) Univ of Colo1969
Catherine Wolfe-Bruce Gold medal of the Astron Soc of the Pacific1967
Mem Bavarian Acad of Sci1961