Harald Keres, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Harald Keres

Estonian physicist

Date of Birth: 15-Nov-1912

Place of Birth: Pärnu, Pärnu County, Estonia

Date of Death: 26-Jun-2010

Profession: physicist

Nationality: Estonia

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

Harald Keres (15 November [O.S.
2 November] 1912, Pärnu – 26 June 2010) was an Estonian physicist considered to be the father of the Estonian school of relativistic gravitation theory.
In 1961 Keres became a member of the Estonian Academy of Sciences in the field of theoretical physics.
In 1996 Keres was awarded the Order of the National Coat of Arms, Class III.Keres was the elder brother of chess grandmaster Paul Keres.