Walter Ernst Bernheimer

Bernheimer, Walter E. (1892 - 1937) W. E. Bernheimer was born on the 8. December 1892 in Vienna as the son of the ophtalmologist Prof. Stefan Bernheimer. After school he started his studies in Innsbruck, but had to serve in the army during the first world war. He continued his studies in Vienna (1918-19) and Upsala (1920-21). His dissertation (1922) was on the improvement of the orbit of minor planet Kovacia (867). In the same year he got a post as assistant at the Vienna observatory. Bernheimers main work was on the photometry of stars and nebulae. In addition, he contributed several articles in textbooks on astronomy and translated C. R. Davidson’s book on astrophotography. W. E. Bernheimer died on the 14. December 1937. He did not live to receive his promotion from Assistant First Class to Observer.

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