Person
Eggen, Olin Jeuck (1919 - 1998)
- Born
- 9 July 1919
Wisconsin, United States of America - Died
- 2 October 1998
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia - Occupation
- Astrophysicist
Summary
Olin Jeuck Eggen was Director of Mount Stromlo Observatory and Professor of Astronomy at the Australian National University from 1966-1977. He was a world recognised expert in the area of optical astronomy.
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Chronology
- 1940
- Education - Science degree completed at the University of Wisconsin, USA
- c. 1940 - c. 1945
- Military service - War service with the US armed forces. Scientific Liaison to the Office of Strategic Services (OSS)
- 1948
- Education - Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) completed at the University of Wisconsin
- 1949 - 1956
- Career position - Assistant Astronomer at Lick Observatory, USA
- 1956 - 1961
- Career position - Chief Assistant to the Royal Astronomer at the Royal Greenwich Observatory, UK
- 1961 - 1966
- Career position - Professor of Astronomy at Caltech and Staff Astronomer at the Hale Observatories, USA
- 1966 - 1977
- Career position - Director of the Mt. Stromlo and Siding Spring Observatory and Head of the Department of Astronomy at the Australian National University in Canberra
- 1977 -
- Career position - Astronomer at Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory, USA
Published resources
Articles
- Freeman, Ken ?, 'Obituary: Emeritus Professor Olin Jeuck Eggen', Research School of Astronomy & Astrophysics Annual Report (1998), http://www.mso.anu.edu.au/annualReport/1998/03_obituary.html. Details
- Suntzeff, Nick, 'A Remembrance of Olin Eggen - 1919-1998', The National Optical Astronomy Observatory Newsletter, 56 (1998), http://www.noao.edu/noao/noaonews/dec98/node6.html. Details
Resources
- Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1315984. Details
- VIAF - Virtual International Authority File, OCLC, https://viaf.org/viaf/213114261. Details
- 'Eggen, Olin Jeuck (19190709-19981002)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1475826. Details
See also
- Bhathal, Ragbir, 'How the US Influenced Mount Stromlo', A&G: News and Reviews in Astronomy & Geophysics, 56 (1) (2015), 1.19-1.21, http://astrogeo.oxfordjournals.org/content/56/1/1.19.abstract?etoc. Details
Annette Alafaci
Created: 20 September 2006, Last modified: 14 August 2019