Harald Keres
Harald Keres was an Estonian physicist. Born November 15, 1912, in Pärnu. Died June 26, 2010, in Tartu. Educated at University of Tartu. Awards include Order of the National Coat of Arms, 3rd Class, Order of the Badge of Honour and honorary citizen of Tartu.
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- Described as
- Estonian physicist (1912–2010)
- Born
- November 15, 1912
- Died
- June 26, 2010 · 1 reference
- Born in
- Pärnu · 1 reference
- Died in
- Tartu · 1 reference
- Buried in
- Raadi cemetery
- Citizen of
- Soviet Union; Estonia
- Occupation
- physicist · 1 reference; military personnel; university teacher · 1 reference
- Worked for
- University of Tartu
- Education
- University of Tartu
- Member of
- Estonian Academy of Sciences
- Awards
- Order of the National Coat of Arms, 3rd Class (1996); Order of the Badge of Honour; honorary citizen of Tartu (1996); Merited Scientist of Estonian SSR (1976); Prize of Soviet Estonia (1970)
- Spouse
- Leida Keres
- Children
- Sirje Keevallik; Piret Kuusk · 1 reference
- Siblings
- Paul Keres
- Wikipedias with a page
- 10
Wikidata item Q3735707 (wikidata.org/wiki/Q3735707), public domain (CC0). Copied November 14, 2026.
What Wikipedia says · copied November 14, 2026 · revision 1363361129
Harald Keres (15 November [O.S. 2 November] 1912, in 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 (1916–1975). He told friendly jokes to his students: "I am not Paul's brother; Paul is my brother".
- Born, in its opening lines
- November 15, 1912
- Died, in its opening lines
- June 26, 2010
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