Gunnar Malmquist
Karl Gunnar Malmquist (21 February 1893 – 27 June 1982) was a Swedish astronomer.
Biography
Gunnar Malmquist was born in
Stockholm University College 1930-1939, and was Professor of Astronomy at the Uppsala University
from 1939 until his retirement in 1959.
Malmquist was a student of Carl Charlier at Lund and became one of the best known members of the so-called "Lund school" in statistical astronomy. His work in that field led, among other things, to his observation of the Malmquist bias.
As professor at the
corrector plate of 100 cm. He also arranged for the university to construct a Schmidt telescope and build a dome at Mount Stromlo in Australia
in 1956, "The Uppsala Southern Station".
The asteroid 1527 Malmquista was named after him.
External links
References
- Anita Sundman, "Malmquist, Gunnar", in Svenskt biografiskt lexikon, vol. 24 (1982-1984), pp. 775–778.
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