ID
1286
Nationality
Norwegian
Occupation
Astronomer
Scientist
Summary
Born deaf; attended the Christiana Public School for the Deaf in Oslo. Worked for 27 years at the Meteorological Institution, Oslo, for 27 years; as an amateur astronomer, discovered a new comet in 1939 and a nova in 1960; elected to the Norwegian Astronomical Society, 1969.
References
Deaf Persons in the Arts and Sciences, p. 175-178; Silent Worker, Dec. 1954, p.9; Silence of the Spheres, p.110-113.
Dates
12 May 1898-15 August 1972