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Finnish geodesist
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Kangaslampi, Southern Savonia, Eastern Finland Regional State Administrative Agency, Finland
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Helsinki, Helsinki sub-region, Uusimaa, Southern Finland Regional State Administrative Agency
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76 years
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Veikko Aleksanteri Heiskanen (23 July 1895, in Kangaslampi – 23 October 1971, in Helsinki) was a famous Finnish geodesist.
He is mostly known for his refinement of the theory of isostasy by George Airy and for his studies of the global geoid.
- 1931–1949 Professor of Geodesy, Helsinki University of Technology
- 1933–1936 Member of Finnish Parliament
- 1949–1961 Director, Finnish Geodetic Institute
- 1951–1961 Research professor, Ohio State University
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