Eva Ahnert-Rohlfs

Eva Ahnert-Rohlfs (August 11, 1912 – March 9, 1954) was a German astronomer. She made important observations of variable stars.

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August 11 - 1912 - March 9 - 1954 - German - Astronomer - Variable star

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Eva Rohlfs was born in Coburg (Duchy Saxe-Coburg-Gotha). She studied in Würzburg, Munich and Kiel from 1931 to 1933. After nine years of withdrawal into family life, she studied from 1942 until the end of the Second World War at the University of Göttingen. From 1945, she worked closely with professor Cuno Hoffmeister as an assistant astronomer at the Sonneberg Observatory. In 1951, she received a doctorate in astrophysics from the University of Jena. At Sonneberg Observatory Eva Rohlfs met the astronomer Paul Oswald Ahnert and they were married in 1952.

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Coburg - Duchy - Saxe-Coburg-Gotha - Würzburg - Munich - Kiel - 1931 - 1933 - 1942 - Second World War - University of Göttingen - 1945 - Cuno Hoffmeister - Sonneberg Observatory - 1951 - University of Jena - Paul Oswald Ahnert - 1952

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Eva Ahnert-Rohlfs died at the age of 41 in Sonneberg.

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