Veikko Aleksanteri Heiskanen

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V. A. Heiskanen in 1936.

Veikko Aleksanteri Heiskanen (23 July 1895, in Kangaslampi – 23 October 1971, in Helsinki) was a famous Finnish geodesist.

He is mostly known for his refinement of the theory of isostasy by George Airy and for his studies of the global geoid.

• 1931–1949 Professor of Geodesy, Helsinki University of Technology
• 1933–1936 Member of Finnish Parliament
• 1949–1961 Director, Finnish Geodetic Institute
• 1951–1961 Research professor, Ohio State University

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• Veikko Heiskanen and Helmut Moritz (presentation)

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