Jürgen Stock (astronomer)
Jürgen Stock (born July 8, 1923 in Hamburg , † April 19, 2004 in Venezuela ) was a German astronomer . The establishment of several observatories in South America, of which he was temporarily director, goes back to his initiative. The asteroid (4388) Jürgenstock was named after him.
Life
Stock initially lived in Mexico, where his parents did business. He attended school in Hamburg, where he graduated from high school. He was then drafted into the Wehrmacht and served on the Eastern Front. After his return he studied at the University of Hamburg , where he received his doctorate in 1951 under Otto Heckmann .
From 1963 to 1966 he was the first director of the Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory .
Web links
- Florian Freistetter: Who knows Jürgen Stock? , In: Astrodictium simplex of April 5, 2011
- Dirk H. Lorenzen: Obituary: Jürgen Stock 1923–2004 , obituary on eso.org, September 2004 (English, PDF; 55 kB)
- Dirk Lorenzen : The Pioneer of the Chilean Mountains , broadcast in the Sternzeit series of Deutschlandfunk from October 9, 2012
Individual evidence
- ↑ CTIO Directors: Jurgen Stock on ctio.noao.edu, viewed October 9, 2012 (English)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Stock, Jürgen |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German astronomer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 8, 1923 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Hamburg |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 19, 2004 |
| Place of death | Venezuela |