Robert Kraft (astronomer)

Robert P. Kraft
Born	(1927-06-16) June 16, 1927 Seattle, Washington, U.S.
Nationality	United States
Alma mater	University of Washington, University of California at Berkeley
Doctoral advisor	George Herbig

Robert Paul "Bob" Kraft (born June 16, 1927) is an American astronomer.^[1] He has done pioneering work on Cepheid variables, stellar rotation, novae, and the chemical evolution of the Milky Way.

Kraft served as director of the Lick Observatory (1981–1991), president of the American Astronomical Society (1974–1976), and president of the International Astronomical Union (1997–2000).

He received his B.S. at the University of Washington in 1947, M.S. in mathematics at the University of Washington in 1949, and PhD from the University of California, Berkeley.^[2]

Honors

Awards

• Helen B. Warner Prize for Astronomy (1962)
• Henry Norris Russell Lectureship (1995)
• Bruce Medal (2005)^[3]
• National Academy of Sciences

Named after him

• Asteroid 3712 Kraft

References

1. ↑
2. ↑ "An Astronomical Life Salted by Pure Chance". Annual Review of Astronomy and Astrophysics. 2009. Bibcode:2009ARA&A..47....1K. doi:10.1146/annurev-astro-082708-101743. 
3. ↑ "The Bruce Medalists: Robert P. Kraft". Retrieved 2010-02-01. 

Further reading

• Kraft, R. P. (2009). "An Astronomical Life Salted by Pure Chance". Annual Review of Astronomy and Astrophysics 47: 1–0. Bibcode:2009ARA&A..47....1K. doi:10.1146/annurev-astro-082708-101743. 

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Persondata
Name	Kraft, Robert
Alternative names
Short description	American astronomer
Date of birth	June 16, 1927
Place of birth	Seattle, Washington
Date of death
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