Ferdinand Ellerman

Ferdinand Ellerman
Ferdinand Ellerman, c. 1920
Born(1869-05-13)May 13, 1869
Centralia, Illinois
DiedMarch 20, 1940(1940-03-20) (aged 70)
Los Angeles, California
SpouseHermine Louise Hoenny
ChildrenLouise
Parents
  • Mathias Ellerman (father)
  • Rosa A. Fleischbein (mother)

Ferdinand Ellerman (May 13, 1869 to March 20, 1940) was an American astronomer and photographer. He spent a good part of his career as an associate of the solar astronomer George E. Hale, and is known for his study of a phenomenon in the solar chromosphere later dubbed Ellerman bombs.

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