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Marja Ilmatar Väisälä (9 May 1916, Helsinki, Finland [1] – 21 December 2011, Turku) was a Finnish teacher of mathematics and natural sciences, who in 1950 founded a private school in Swakopmund in what is now Namibia, where she taught the children of Finnish missionaries. [2] [3] She also discovered two asteroids, 1718 Namibia and 2437 ...
- 21 December 2011 (aged 95), Turku, Finland
- teacher, astronomer
Marja Väisälä. Marja Ilmatar Väisälä ( 9. toukokuuta 1916 Helsinki [1] – 21. joulukuuta 2011 Turku [2]) oli suomalainen matematiikan ja luonnontieteitten opettaja, joka perusti vuonna 1950 Lounais-Afrikassa Swakopmundin suomalaisen koulun ja oli tämän koulun pitkäaikaisin opettaja.
- opettaja
- naimaton
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Yrjö Väisälä ( Finnish: [ˈyrjø ˈʋæi̯sælæ] ⓘ; 6 September 1891 [a] – 21 July 1971) was a Finnish astronomer and physicist. [1] His main contributions were in the field of optics. He was also active in geodetics, astronomy and optical metrology. He had an affectionate nickname of Wizard of Tuorla (Observatory/Optics laboratory ...
Marja Ilmatar Väisälä (9 May 1916, Helsinki, Finland – 21 December 2011, Turku) was a Finnish teacher of mathematics and natural sciences, who in 1950 founded a private school in Swakopmund in what is now Namibia, where she taught the children of Finnish missionaries. She also discovered two asteroids, 1718 Namibia and 2437 Amnestia, at the Turku Observatory in 1942.
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