| LC control no. | nr2003039644 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Osten-Sacken, Peter von der, 1909-2008 |
| Variant(s) | Osten-Sacken, Peter von der, 1909- Sacken, Peter von der Osten-, 1909-2008 Von der Osten-Sacken, Peter, 1909-2008 Der Osten-Sacken, Peter von, 1909-2008 |
| Associated country | Germany |
| Located | Lübeck (Germany) |
| Birth date | 1909-05-29 |
| Death date | 2008-03-10 |
| Place of birth | Jelgava (Latvia) |
| Place of death | Lübeck (Germany) |
| Profession or occupation | Astronomers |
| Found in | Offene Worte : Juden, Russen, Polen, Deutsche, Kaukasier und andere im Osten: ihre Eigentümlichkeiten und Probleme : authentische Erzählungen und Berichte, 1996: title page (Peter v.d. Osten-Sacken) jacket (Peter Baron v.d. Osten-Sacken; born 1909 in Mitau, Latvia; teacher in Riga; performed military service in World War II; subsequently taught in Lübeck; author of several books, mainly on astronomical subjects) German Wikipedia, viewed June 7, 2019 (Peter von der Osten-Sacken (Astronom); Peter Baron von der Osten-Sacken; born May 29, 1909, in Mitau (now Jelgava, Latvia); died March 10, 2008, in Lübeck; German astronomer and physicist; scion of an aristocratic German-Baltic family; studied astronomy, physics and mathematics in Riga; obtained his doctorate in Berlin in 1939; during World War II, he served in the espionage service of the German army due to his fluency in Russian; after the war, he lived and worked in Lübeck, where he founded the Sternwarte Lübeck (the Lü̈beck Observatory) in May, 1952) |
| Associated language | ger rus |
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