Iranian astronomer (1921?2011)
Alenoush Terian
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Born
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1921-11-09
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9 November 1921
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Died
| 4 March 2011
(2011-03-04)
(aged 89)
Tehran, Iran
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Resting place
| Doulab Cemetery
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Alma mater
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Known for
| Mother of Modern Iranian astronomy
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Scientific career
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Fields
| Physics
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astronomy
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Academic advisors
| Kamaloddin Jenab
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?lenush Teri?n
(
Armenian
:
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;
Persian
:
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; November 9, 1921 ? March 4, 2011) was an
Iranian-Armenian
astronomer
and
physicist
and is called 'Mother of Modern Iranian Astronomy'.
[1]
Early life
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She was born on November 9, 1921, to an
Armenian
family in
Tehran
, Iran.
[2]
Her father,
Arto
, was a stage director, poet and translator (with the
pen name
Arizad
meaning
Born to Aryan
) who had translated
Shahnameh
, from
Persian
to
Armenian
.
[3]
[4]
Her mother,
Varto Terian
, was a stage actress and director.
[5]
Education
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Teri?n graduated in 1947 in the Science Department of
University of Tehran
. She began her career in the physics laboratory of this university and was elected the chief of laboratory operations in the same year.
She signed for scholarship to study in France but
Dr. Hesabi
didn't accept it. He believed it's already enough for a woman to study this much.
[3]
At last she left Iran for France, by her father's financial support, where in 1956 she obtained her doctorate in
atmospheric physics
from
Sorbonne University
. Upon this she returned to Iran and became
assistant professor
in
thermodynamics
at University of Tehran. Later she worked in
solar physics
in the then
West Germany
for a period of four months through a scholarship that was awarded by the German government to University of Tehran. In 1964 Teri?n became the first female professor of physics in Iran.
In 1966, Teri?n became a member of the
Geophysics
Committee of the University of Tehran. In 1969 she was elected chief of the solar physics studies at this university and began to work in the solar observatory, of which she was one of the founders. Teri?n retired in 1979. At the time of her death she was living in
Tehran
.
[6]
Teri?n's 90th birthday celebration in Tehran was attended by a number of Iranian
parliamentarians
and over 100
Iranian Armenians
.
[7]
Terian died on March 4, 2011, at the age of 90.
[8]
See also
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References
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External links
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Media related to
Alenush Terian (astronomer)
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