Victor Hambartsumian
Viktor Amazaspovich Ambartsumian (Armenian: Վիկտոր Համբարձումյան; 18 September 1908 - August 12, 1996) was an Armenian Soviet astrophysicist.[1] He was one of the founders of theoretical astrophysics. Ambartsumian worked in the field of physics of stars and nebulae and stellar astronomy.[2] He was the founder of the Byurakan Astrophysical Observatory.[1] He was a member of the Russian Academy of Sciences (1953, corresponding member since 1939). He was also a member of the Armenian National Academy of Sciences and its president (1947-1993).
Honors
- He was twice a Hero of Socialist Labor (1968, 1978)
- National Hero of Armenia (11 October 1994)
- Twice winner of the Stalin Prize (1946, 1950)
- In 1960 he was awarded the Bruce medal.[1]
- Laureate of the State Prize of the Russian Federation (1995)
- Winner of the Prix Jules Janssen.
Victor Hambartsumian Media
The Byurakan Observatory in 2008
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Ambartsumian's house-museum in Byurakan, where he lived since around 1950 and died in 1996.
A memorial in front of Ambartsumian's house in Yerevan's Baghramyan Avenue
Ambartsumian's statue in Yerevan
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References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Joseph S. Tenn (21 March 2014). "Viktor Amazaspovich Ambartsumian; 1960 Bruce Medalist". Department of Physics and Astronomy, Sonoma State University. Archived from the original on 25 November 2015. Retrieved 8 February 2015.
- ↑ "Victor AMBARTSUMIAN (1908-1996)". Armenian Astronomical Society. Retrieved 8 February 2015.