Ludwig Franz Benedict Biermann (March 13, 1907 – January 12, 1986) was a German astronomer.

He made important contributions to astrophysics and plasma physics. He predicted the existence of the solar wind.

He won the Bruce Medal in 1967 and the Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society in 1974.

External links

• Bruce medal page (http://www.phys-astro.sonoma.edu/BruceMedalists/Biermann/index.html)

Awards

• Awarding of Bruce Medal (http://adsabs.harvard.edu//full/seri/PASP./0079//0000197.000.html)
• Awarding of RAS gold medal (http://adsabs.harvard.edu//full/seri/QJRAS/0015//0000219.000.html)

Obituaries

• MitAG 66 (1986) 10 (http://adsabs.harvard.edu//full/seri/MitAG/0066//0000010.000.html) (in German)
• QJRAS 27 (1986) 698 (http://adsabs.harvard.edu//full/seri/QJRAS/0027//0000698.000.html)