Ejnar Hertzsprung

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gptkbp:instanceOf astronomer
gptkbp:affiliation gptkb:Royal_Danish_Academy_of_Sciences_and_Letters
gptkb:University_of_California,_Berkeley
gptkb:University_of_Chicago
gptkb:University_of_Copenhagen
gptkb:Danish_Academy_of_Sciences_and_Letters
gptkbp:almaMater gptkb:Technical_University_of_Denmark
gptkbp:associatedWith gptkb:Danish_Astronomical_Society
gptkb:American_Astronomical_Society
gptkb:Royal_Astronomical_Society
gptkbp:awards gptkb:Gold_Medal_of_the_Royal_Astronomical_Society
gptkbp:born October 8, 1873
gptkbp:children 2
gptkbp:contribution gptkb:Hertzsprung-Russell_diagram
stellar classification system
study of red giants
study of white dwarfs
study_of_Cepheid_variables
gptkbp:died October 21, 1967
gptkbp:field astronomy
gptkbp:fieldOfStudy stellar classification
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Ejnar Hertzsprung
gptkbp:inception 1905
1911
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Harlow_Shapley
gptkb:Hermann_von_Helmholtz
gptkb:George_Ellery_Hale
gptkb:William_Wilson_Morgan
gptkb:Henrietta_Swan_Leavitt
gptkb:Cecilia_Payne-Gaposchkin
gptkb:Robert_Trumpler
gptkb:John_Charles_Adams
gptkb:Robert_J._Trumpler
Walter Baade
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Hermann_von_Helmholtz
gptkbp:knownFor gptkb:Hertzsprung-Russell_diagram
gptkbp:nationality Danish
gptkbp:notableAlumni gptkb:Hertzsprung-Russell_diagram
gptkbp:researchFocus spectroscopy
photometry
variable stars
stellar evolution
star formation
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Marie_Hertzsprung
gptkbp:workLocation gptkb:Mount_Wilson_Observatory
gptkb:Yerkes_Observatory