Victor Ambartsumian
Astronomer
1908 – 1996
Who was Victor Ambartsumian?
Victor Amazaspovich Ambartsumian was a Soviet Armenian scientist, and one of the founders of theoretical astrophysics. He worked in the field of physics of stars and nebulae, stellar astronomy, dynamics of stellar systems and cosmogony of stars and galaxies, contributed to Mathematical physics.
Ambartsumian founded the Byurakan Observatory in 1946. He was the second and longest-serving president of the Armenian Academy of Sciences and also served as the president of the International Astronomical Union from 1961 to 1964 and was twice elected the President of the International Council of Scientific Unions.
He was a foreign member of numerous academies, including the Royal Society, the US National Academy of Sciences, and the Indian Academy of Sciences. Among his numerous awards are Stalin Prize, Hero of Socialist Labor, State Prize of the Russian Federation, Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society, Bruce Gold Medal, and National Hero of Armenia.
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- Born
- Sep 18, 1908
Tbilisi - Nationality
- Armenia
- Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic
- Soviet Union
- Profession
- Lived in
- Tbilisi
- Died
- Aug 12, 1996
Byurakan
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on July 23, 2013
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