Trouser, Herman

Born in Berlin. He was educated at Kiel , Bonn and at the University of Munich . From the very beginning of scientific activity, Bruck's interests lay in the field of astrospectroscopy. G. Bruck received his Ph.D. degree in Munich in 1928; he completed his doctoral dissertation in wave mechanics of crystals under the supervision of Professor Arnold Sommerfeld ^{[1] [2] [3]} .

At the end of the University of Munich, Bruck, at the invitation of his friend A. Unzold, began working at the astrophysical observatory in Potsdam . While working at the observatory, Bruck participated in a physical colloquium at the Humboldt University of Berlin , attended by Max von Laue , Albert Einstein and astronomer Walter Grotrian . After the Nazis came to power, Bruck left Germany in 1936 and first worked as an assistant at the Vatican Observatory , and in 1937 he moved to the UK, where he settled at Cambridge University and joined Arthur Eddington . After some time, Bruck became deputy director of the university observatory and created a student astronomical society that contributed to the career of many astronomers ^{[3] [4]} .

In 1947, at the invitation of the President of Ireland, Imon de Valera Bruck, he moved to Dublin to organize the work of the Dunsink Observatory , which was part of the . In 1950, the first meeting of the Royal Astronomical Society was held at the Dunsink Observatory under the auspices of the Royal Irish Academy , and in 1955 the International Astronomical Union (IAU) held its next congress in Dublin. Photographic research equipment developed by M.D. Smith, who was a student at Bruck in Cambridge, and also works on ultraviolet solar spectroscopy, which allowed expanding the Utrecht Atlas and were part of the revised Rowland solar spectrum tables, were demonstrated at the MAC congress. Brooke's wife, Dr. Mary Bruck, was a lead collaborator in these studies ^[3] .

In 1957, Bruck went to work at the University of Edinburgh , where he took the post of director of the Edinburgh Observatory , which also meant the replacement of the nominal position of the Royal Astronomer of Scotland. Thanks to Bruck's energetic leadership, the Edinburgh Observatory has become a reputable international center for astronomical research. Bruck formed a team of astronomers and engineers who developed equipment for the automated scanning of photographs of stellar and intergalactic objects. This technology has reduced the time to obtain a spectrum of objects to several minutes, while previously it took several months to do this. The Bruck team has also developed technologies for remote telescope operation. During his time in Edinburgh, Bruck created a student astronomical society and opened access to the observatory for him. For some time, Bruck was Dean of the Faculty of Natural Sciences at Edinburgh University ^[3] .

Bruck retired in 1975. At this time, his wife and colleague Mary Bruck initiated a study on the history of nineteenth-century astronomy, which resulted in the publication of books about Charles Smith , one of Bruck’s predecessors ^[5] and a book on the history of Edinburgh astronomy, as well as articles about Lord Crawford Observatory in Danecht, which contributed to the revival of the Royal Observatory in Edinburgh in the 19th century ^[3] . Herman Bruck is among the signatories of the “ Warning to Scientists to Humanity ” (1992) ^[6] .

Throughout his career, Bruck was a member of the Pontifical Academy of Sciences ^[3] . He was also a member of the Royal Irish Academy (1948), the Academy of Sciences and Literature in Mainz (1955), and the Royal Society of Edinburgh (1958).

CBE (1966). Honorary Doctor of the Irish National (1972) and St. Andrews (1973) Universities.

In 2014, the asteroid (10737) Bruck was named in his honor.

• Hermann Brück Die Sterne Monatsschrift für alle Gebiete der Himmelskunde (Johann Ambrosius Barth Vlg., Leipzig, 1933)
• Hermann A. Brück The Story of Astronomy in Edinburgh from its beginning until 1975 (Edinburgh University Press, 1983)
• Hermann A. Brück and Mary T. Brück Peripatetic Astronomer, The: Life of Charles Piazzi Smyth (Institute of Physics Publishing, Bristol, United Kingdom, 1988)