László Detre (19 April 1906,

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– 15 October 1974,

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) was a Hungarian astronomer well known for his work on

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Careet

Detre was the director for many years of the

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in Budapest (assuming the role in 1943), a professor of Budapest University, and editor of the ''Information Bulletin of Variable Stars'' of the

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Konkoly.hu. Retrieved on 23 May 2015. Discovered in 1940, asteroid 1538 Detre is named after him.

Personal life

His two sons were prominent sailors: Szabolcs Detre (father of windsurfer Diána Detre) and Zsolt Detre.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Detre, Laszlo 20th-century Hungarian astronomers Members of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences 1906 births 1974 deaths 1974 suicides Suicides in Hungary