Armin Otto Leuschner

Armin Otto Leuschner ( born January 16, 1868 in Detroit / Michigan, † April 22, 1953 in Berkeley, California ) was an American astronomer and professor.

Leuschner was born in the U.S., grew up in Germany and came back to the U.S. for study purposes. In 1888 he received his degree from the University of Michigan. He then continued his studies at the Lick Observatory, but soon came with his militant teacher, director Edward S. Holden in dispute, so that he left the observatory without a degree. Leuschner returned to Germany and enrolled at the Friedrich- Wilhelms- University of Berlin, where he earned his Ph.D. in 1897. His doctoral thesis, which described Theses on the orbits of comets, thereby earning the highest praise.

He returned to California and became a professor of astronomy at the University of California, Berkeley. Here he spent the next half century. He argued later named after him Leuschner Observatory. The Lick Observatory had also now a new director. Along with this, James E. Keeler, Leuschner developed programs that enabled students to complete their studies at both observatories.

Leuschner 's Hauptätigkeitsfeld was the path calculation of comet and asteroid. In this field he brought as a teacher more than 60 students to doctoral degrees.

In 1913 he became rector at the Graduate School of Berkeley. He was also a founding member of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, was a term as president of the Association of U.S. professors and took over 20 years for the chairmanship of the Committee for comets and minor planets of the International Astronomical Union.

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According to him, were named

  • Moon crater Leuschner
  • Leuschner Observatory
  • Asteroid 1361 Leuschneria
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