Gustav A. Tammann

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Swiss scientist astronomer person

Gustav A. Tammann was a prominent Swiss astronomer known for his work on extragalactic distance scales and the expansion rate of the universe.

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Label	Occurrences
Gustav A. Tammann canonical	1
Gustav Tammann	1

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Swiss scientist ⓘ astronomer ⓘ person ⓘ
affiliation	Astronomical Institute of the University of Basel NERFINISHED ⓘ
awardReceived	Albert Einstein Medal NERFINISHED ⓘ Karl Schwarzschild Medal NERFINISHED ⓘ
citizenship	Switzerland ⓘ
collaboratedWith	Abhijit Saha NERFINISHED ⓘ Allan Sandage NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	Switzerland ⓘ
dateOfBirth	1932-07-24 ⓘ
dateOfDeath	2019-01-06 ⓘ
educatedAt	ETH Zurich NERFINISHED ⓘ University of Basel NERFINISHED ⓘ
employer	University of Basel NERFINISHED ⓘ
era	20th-century astronomy ⓘ 21st-century astronomy ⓘ
familyName	Tammann NERFINISHED ⓘ
fieldOfWork	astronomy ⓘ cosmology ⓘ extragalactic astronomy ⓘ
gender	male ⓘ
givenName	Gustav NERFINISHED ⓘ
knownFor	determination of the Hubble constant ⓘ research on expansion rate of the universe ⓘ work on extragalactic distance scale ⓘ
languageSpoken	German ⓘ
memberOf	German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina NERFINISHED ⓘ International Astronomical Union NERFINISHED ⓘ
name	Gustav Andreas Tammann NERFINISHED ⓘ
nationality	Swiss ⓘ
notableStudent	Bruno Binggeli NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableWork	calibration of the extragalactic distance scale using Cepheid variables ⓘ studies of the local value of the Hubble constant ⓘ
occupation	astronomer ⓘ university professor ⓘ
placeOfBirth	Zürich NERFINISHED ⓘ
placeOfDeath	Basel NERFINISHED ⓘ
positionHeld	director of the Astronomical Institute of the University of Basel ⓘ professor of astronomy ⓘ
researchInterest	Hubble diagram ⓘ Type Ia supernovae NERFINISHED ⓘ cosmic distance ladder ⓘ
workLocation	Basel NERFINISHED ⓘ

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Sandage → notableStudent → Gustav A. Tammann ⓘ

subject surface form: Allan R. Sandage

Karl Schwarzschild Medal → notableRecipient → Gustav A. Tammann ⓘ

this entity surface form: Gustav Tammann