Enrique Gaviola

Argentine physicist
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IntroArgentine physicist
PlacesArgentina
wasScientist Physicist Astronomer
Work fieldScience
Gender
Male
Birth31 August 1900, Rivadavia, Argentina
Death7 August 1989Mendoza, Argentina (aged 88 years)
Star signVirgo
Education
National University of La Plata
Awards
John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowship 
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Biography

Ramón Enrique Gaviola (31 August 1900, in Mendoza – 7 August 1989, in Mendoza) was an Argentinian astrophysicist. Student of Richard Gans at the Universidad de La Plata went in 1922 to Germany where he continued his studies in physics. He studied with Max Planck, Max Born and Albert Einstein, graduating from the University of Berlin in 1926.

Asteroid 2504 Gaviola is named after him.

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