Robert Kraft (astronomer)
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| Born | June 16, 1927 Seattle, Washington, U.S. |
| Died | Script error: The function "death_date_and_age" does not exist. Santa Cruz, California |
| Nationality |  United States |
| Alma mater | University of Washington, University of California at Berkeley |
| Doctoral advisor | George Herbig |
Robert Paul "Bob" Kraft (June 16, 1927 – May 26, 2015) was an American astronomer.[1] He performed pioneering work on Cepheid variables, stellar rotation, novae, and the chemical evolution of the Milky Way.
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Career
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).[2]
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.[3] He died in 2015.[4]
Honors
Awards
- Helen B. Warner Prize for Astronomy (1962)
- Henry Norris Russell Lectureship (1995)
- Bruce Medal (2005)[5]
- National Academy of Sciences
Named after him
References
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