William Otto Brunner
Swiss astronomer (1878–1958)
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William Otto Brunner (7 July 1878 – 1 December 1958) was a Swiss astronomer.[1]
From 1926 until 1945 he was the director of the Swiss Federal Observatory.[2] He continued the series of Zürich sunspot observations that was begun by Rudolf Wolf, succeeding the previous director, Alfred Wolfer.[1][3] These observations continue up to the present, at the Royal Observatory of Belgium.[3]
Bibliography
- Brunner, William, "Die Welt der Sterne", Zürich, 1947.
- Brunner, William, "Vom Sternenhimmel", Erlenbach-Zürich, E. Rentsch, 1940.
- Brunner William, "Contributions to the photometry of night sky", Zürich, 1935.
- Brunner, William, "Anzeige des Todes von Alfred Wolfer", Astronomische Nachrichten, volume 243, 1931.
- Brunner, William, "Helligkeitsmessungen von Nova 60.1927 Aquilae", Astronomische Nachrichten, volume 230, 1927.
- Brunner, William, "Dreht sich die erde?", Leipzig und Berlin, B. G. Teubner, 1915.
