List of Famous people with last name Bappu

Vainu Bappu

First Name Vainu
Born on August 10, 1927
Died on August 19, 1982 (aged 55)
Born in India

Manali Kallat Vainu Bappu was an Indian astronomer and president of the International Astronomical Union. Bappu helped establish several astronomical institutions in India——including the Vainu Bappu Observatory named after him—and also contributed to the establishment of the modern Indian Institute of Astrophysics. In 1957, he discovered the Wilson-Bappu effect jointly with American astronomer Olin Chaddock Wilson.

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