On this day in 1919 - November 1st - Anglo-Austrian mathematician and cosmologist Hermann Bondi was born.

Bondi was a distinguished academic, Fellow of the Royal Society, and among many positions outside academia, he served as Director-General of the European Space Research Organisation (ESRO) (1967–1971) (which later became the European Space Agency, ESA).


Mona Evans
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