William Otto Brunner

Male, Deceased Person

1878 – 1958

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Who was William Otto Brunner?

William Otto Brunner was a Swiss astronomer.

From 1926 until 1945 he was the director of the Swiss Federal Observatory. He continued the series of Zurich sunspot observations that was begun in 1864 by the observatory founder, Rudolf Wolf.

The crater Brunner on the Moon is named after him.

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Born
Jul 7, 1878
Nationality
  • Switzerland
Died
Dec 1, 1958

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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