Background
Strömgren, Bengt Georg Daniel was born on January 21, 1908 in Göteborg, Sweden. Son of Svante Elis and Hedvig (Lidforss) Strömgren.
Strömgren, Bengt Georg Daniel was born on January 21, 1908 in Göteborg, Sweden. Son of Svante Elis and Hedvig (Lidforss) Strömgren.
Master of Science, Copenhagen University, 1927. Doctor of Philosophy, Copenhagen University, 1929.
Lecturer Copenhagen (Denmark) University, 1933, professor, 1938-1940. Director Observatory, 1940. Assistant professor University Chicago, 1936-1937, associate professor, 1937-1938, visiting professor, 1946-1947, Sewell Avery distinguished service professor, 1952.
Professor, director Yerkes and McDonald Observatory, Williams Bay, Wisconsin, 1951-1957. Special lecturer astronomy University London, 1949. Visiting professor California Institute of Technology, Princeton (New Jersey) University, 1950.
Member Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, 1957-1987.
Member Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters, Danish Academy Technology Sciences, American Academy Arts and Sciences, Royal Astronomical Society (associate), Societe Royale des Sciences de Liege, American Astronomical Society (honorary), Academy Coimbra, Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, Physiographic Society, Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen, International Astronomical Unions (general secretary 1948), International Council of Scientific Unions (executive committee 1948), Quadrangle Club.
Married Sigrid Caja Hartz, March 31, 1931.