Background
Fricke, Walter Ernst was born on April 1, 1915 in Mansfeld, Germany. Son of Ernst F. and Elsbeth (Peter) Fricke.
Fricke, Walter Ernst was born on April 1, 1915 in Mansfeld, Germany. Son of Ernst F. and Elsbeth (Peter) Fricke.
Student, University Berlin, 1938. Student, University Gottingen, 1939. Doctor rerum naturalium, University Berlin, 1940.
Dr (honorary), Aristoteles University, Greece, 1968. Dr (honorary), University I Bordeaux, France, 1979.
Assistant astronomer Hamburg Observatory, Germany, 1942—1951. Assistant professor University Hamburg, 1951—1953. Research fellow German Science Foundation United States Observatory, 1953—1954.
Director Astronomisches Rechen-Instutut, Heidelberg, 1955. Honorary professor Heidelberg University, 1955, director, full professor theoretical astronomy, since 1968. Science member Max Planck Gesellschaft, Munich, since 1979.
Visiting professor University Nacional de Mexico, 1967, University Tokyo, 1971, Academia Sinica, Beijing, Shanghai, 1980.
Member of Academy of Sciences Heidelberg (Vienna), Academy of Sciences Heidelberg (Milan), Academy of Sciences Heidelberg (Paris), Academy of Sciences Heidelberg (Moscow), Academy of Sciences Heidelberg (Halle), International Astronomical Union (president committee 1958-1973), Royal Astronomical Society London (associate), German Astronomical Society (president 1969-1972), American Astronomical Society (honorary).
Married Marianne Traute, June 19, 1943. 1 child Maxi-Marianne.