Robert Kraft (astronomer)
| Robert P. Kraft | |
|---|---|
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| Born |
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
- ↑
- ↑ "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.
- ↑ "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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