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Pol Swings

Belgian astronomer
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Polidore F.F. Swings
Born:
September 24, 1906, Ransart, Belgium
Died:
October 28, 1983 (aged 77)

Pol Swings (born September 24, 1906, Ransart, Belgium—died October 28, 1983) was a Belgian astrophysicist noted for his spectroscopic studies of the composition and structure of stars and comets. In 1932 Swings was appointed professor of spectroscopy and astrophysics at his alma mater, the University of Liège, Belgium; he taught there until 1976. He was a visiting professor at the University of Chicago (1939–43, 1946–52) and took part in war research (1943–45). He also served as vice president (1952–58) and president (1964–67) of the International Astronomical Union. During the early 1930s Swings studied the diatomic molecules of various metals. From ...(100 of 228 words)

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