Tauno Kukkamäki, Date of Birth, Date of Death

Tauno Kukkamäki

Finnish geodesist

Date of Birth: 11-Oct-1909

Date of Death: 01-Jan-1997

Profession: geodesist

Nationality: Finland

Zodiac Sign: Libra

Tauno Johannes Kukkamäki (11 October 1909 – 1 May 1997) was a Finnish geodesist renowned especially for his research into levelling refraction.
He defended his doctoral thesis in University of Turku in 1940 on the metrology of length by means of the Väisälä comparator.
He served as the director of the Finnish Geodetic Institute (1963–1977) and as the president of the International Association of Geodesy.
The minor planet 2159 Kukkamäki was named in his honour.