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Gustav Andreas Tammann
Born(1932-07-24)24 July 1932
Göttingen, Germany
Died6 January 2019(2019-01-06) (aged 86)
NationalityGerman
Alma materUniversity of Basel, University of Göttingen
AwardsAlbert Einstein Medal, Karl Schwarzschild Medal, Tomalla Prize
Scientific career
FieldsAstronomy
InstitutionsUniversity of Hamburg, University of Basel

Gustav Andreas Tammann (24 July 1932 – 6 January 2019) was a German astronomer and academic. He served as director of the Astronomical Institute of the University of Basel; as a member of the European Space Agency Space Telescope Advisory Team, and as Member of Council of the European Southern Observatory. His research interests included supernovae and the extragalactic distance scale. Tammann was a former President of the International Astronomical Union Commission on Galaxies.

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