William Otto Brunner

William Otto Brunner (* July 7, 1878 in Wattwil, † December 1, 1958 ) was a Swiss astronomer.

He was from 1926 to 1945, the Director of the Swiss Federal Observatory in Zurich. In this capacity he continued the Zurich observations of sunspots, which had begun in 1864, the founder of the observatory, Rudolf Wolf. ( These observations were to the suspension of operations in 1980, there continued ).

The crater Brunner on the Moon was named in his honor.

Works

  • The world of the stars. Zurich 1947.
  • From the starry sky. E. Rentsch, Erlenbach - Zurich 1940.
  • Contributions to the photometry of night sky. Zurich 1935.
  • Display of the death of Alfred Wolfer. In: Astronomical Society, Volume 243, 1931.
  • Measuring the brightness of Nova Aquilae 60.1927. In: Astronomical Society, Volume 230, 1927.
  • The earth rotates? B. G. Teubner, Leipzig and Berlin, 1915.
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