Alenush Terian
Alenoush Terian | |
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Born | Tehran, Iran | 9 November 1921
Died | 4 March 2011 Tehran, Iran | (aged 89)
Resting place | Doulab Cemetery |
Alma mater | |
Known for | Mother of Modern Iranian astronomy |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Physics, astronomy |
Academic advisors | Kamaloddin Jenab |
Ālenush Teriān (
Early life
She was born on November 9, 1921, to an
Education
Teriān graduated in 1947 in the Science Department of University of Tehran. She began her career in the physics laboratory of this university and was elected the chief of laboratory operations in the same year.
She signed for scholarship to study in France but
In 1966, Teriān became a member of the Geophysics Committee of the University of Tehran. In 1969 she was elected chief of the solar physics studies at this university and began to work in the solar observatory, of which she was one of the founders. Teriān retired in 1979. At the time of her death she was living in Tehran.[6]
Teriān's 90th birthday celebration in Tehran was attended by a number of Iranian
Terian died on March 4, 2011, at the age of 90.[8]
See also
- Iranian women
- Iranian Armenians
References
- ^ "پیکر 'مادر نجوم ایران' تشییع شد". BBC Persian. 7 March 2011. Retrieved 2013-04-09.
- ^ Interview with Alenoush Terian, Farsnews Wire Service Archived 2017-10-23 at the Wayback Machine.
- ^ a b "An interview with Alenoush Terian". www.farheekhtegan.ir (in Persian). Archived from the original on 2012-08-01.
- ISBN 964-6974-50-3.
- ISBN 964-6974-50-3.
- ^ Alenoush Terian's Page in the Persian Wikipedia.
- ^ The Mother of the Iranian Astronomy honoured Archived 2010-11-13 at the Wayback Machine.
- ^ Iran’s First Female Astronomer Alenoush Terian Passes Away Archived 2011-03-11 at the Wayback Machine, The Armenian Weekly (March 5, 2011)
External links
- Photographs of the 90th-year birthday ceremony of Professor Ālenush Teriān in Tehran, Mehr News Agency, 9 November 2010.
Media related to Alenush Terian (astronomer) at Wikimedia Commons