What is Ejnar Hertzsprung?
{{Infobox scientist | name = Ejnar Hertzsprung | image = Karl Schwarzschild and Ejnar Hertzsprung (1909).jpg | caption = Hertzsprung (right) and [[Karl Schwarzschild]] in front of the Göttingen Observatory building (1909) | birth_date = {{birth date|1873|10|8|df=yes}} | birth_place = [[Copenhagen]], [[Denmark]] | death_date = {{death date and age|1967|10|21|1873|10|8|df=yes}} | death_place = [[Roskilde]], [[Denmark]] | residence = | citizenship = | ethnicity = | field = [[Chemistry]], [[Astronomy]] | work_institutions = [[Leiden Observatory]] | alma_mater = Copenhagen Polytechnic (DTU) | doctoral_advisor = | doctoral_students = | known_for = [[Hertzsprung–Russell diagram]] | influences = | influenced = | prizes = [[Bruce Medal]] 1937 | religion = }} '''Ejnar Hertzsprung''' (8 October 1873 – 21 October 1967) was a Danish [[chemist]] and [[astronomer]] born in [[Copenhagen]]. In the period 1911–1913, together with [[Henry Norris Russell]], he helped to create the [[Hertzsprung–Russell diagram]]. == Asteroids discovered == * [[1627 Ivar]] (25 September 1929) * [[1702 Kalahari]] (7 July 1924) == Honors == ===Awards=== * [[Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society]] in 1929 * [[Bruce Medal]] in 1937 ===Named after him=== * lunar impact crater ''[[Hertzsprung (crater)|Hertzsprung]]'' * main-belt asteroid [[1693 Hertzsprung]] == References == {{reflist}} == Other websites == * [http://www.phys-astro.sonoma.edu/BruceMedalists/Hertzsprung/index.html Bruce Medal page] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201101004957/http://www.phys-astro.sonoma.edu/BruceMedalists/Hertzsprung/index.html |date=2020-11-01 }} * [http://adsabs.harvard.edu//full/seri/PASP./0049//0000065.000.html Awarding of Bruce Medal: PASP '''49''' (1937) 65] * [http://adsabs.harvard.edu//full/seri/MNRAS/0089//0000404.000.html Awarding of RAS gold medal: MNRAS '''89''' (1929) 404] {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2011}} {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Hertzsprung, Ejnar}} [[Category:1873 births]] [[Category:1967 deaths]] [[Categ