Veikko Aleksanteri Heiskanen
Veikko Aleksanteri Heiskanen (23 July 1895, in Kangaslampi – 23 October 1971, in Helsinki) was a famous Finnish geodesist.
V. A. Heiskanen in 1936.
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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