Honors
Awards
- Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society in 1929
- Bruce Medal in 1937
Named after him
- Hertzsprung (crater) on the Moon
- Asteroid 1693 Hertzsprung
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Famous quotes containing the word honors:
“My heart’s subdued
Even to the very quality of my lord.
I saw Othello’s visage in his mind,
And to his honors and his valiant parts
Did I my soul and fortunes consecrate.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
“Justice shines in very smoky homes, and honors the righteous; but the gold-spangled mansions where the hands are unclean she leaves with eyes averted.”
—Aeschylus (525–456 B.C.)
“He most honors my style who learns under it to destroy the teacher.”
—Walt Whitman (1819–1892)