Erika Böhm-Vitense

Erika Böhm-Vitense
Born	Erika Vitense 1923 Schleswig-Holstein, Germany
Institutions	University of Washington, Seattle
Education	University of Kiel
Academic advisors	Ludwig Biermann, Albrecht Unsöld
Spouse	Karl-Heinz Hermann Böhm

Erika Böhm-Vitense (born 1923) is an astronomer known for her work on Cepheid variables and stellar atmospheres. She received her doctorate from the University of Kiel in 1951 and is a professor emeritus at the University of Washington. In 1965, she was awarded the Annie J. Cannon Award in Astronomy by the American Astronomical Society.

She is the author of three volumes of introductory astrophysics texts first published in 1989.

Bibliography

Introduction to Stellar Astrophysics (Cambridge University Press: 1989) ISBN 0-521-34869-2

Authority control	WorldCat Identities VIAF: 71452217 LCCN: n85087595 ISNI: 0000 0001 0913 8426 GND: 119277662 BNF: cb122805433 (data)

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