William Otto Brunner, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Swiss astronomer (1878-1958)
Date of Birth: 07-Jul-1878
Place of Birth: Wattwil, Canton of St. Gallen, Switzerland
Date of Death: 01-Dec-1958
Profession: astronomer
Nationality: Switzerland
Zodiac Sign: Cancer 
About William Otto Brunner
- William Otto Brunner (July 7, 1878 – December 1, 1958) was a Swiss astronomer. From 1926 until 1945 he was the director of the Swiss Federal Observatory.
- He continued the series of Zurich sunspot observations that was begun in 1864 by the observatory founder, Rudolf Wolf.
- (These observations continue up to the present.) The crater Brunner on the Moon is named after him.
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