Bengt Westerlund

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
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gptkbp:birthDate 1921-06-17
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Sweden
gptkbp:deathDate 2008-06-04
gptkbp:employer gptkb:Australian_National_University
gptkb:Uppsala_University
gptkb:European_Southern_Observatory
gptkbp:field gptkb:astronomy
gptkbp:honor Westerlund 1 named after him
Westerlund 2 named after him
Westerlund 3 named after him
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Bengt Westerlund
gptkbp:knownFor gptkb:Westerlund_1
gptkb:Westerlund_2
Westerlund 3
gptkbp:nationality Swedish
gptkbp:notableWork studies of star clusters
discovery of obscured star clusters
research on the Magellanic Clouds
gptkbp:occupation astronomer
gptkbp:position gptkb:professor
director of ESO La Silla Observatory
director of Uppsala Southern Station
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Westerlund_1
gptkb:Westerlund_1_cluster
gptkb:Westerlund_2
gptkb:Westerlund_2_cluster
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7