Professor Carl Christian Tscherning, former General Secretary of the International Association of
Geodesy and editor of Bulletin Geodesique, and a charismatic, outspoken, and grand master of
geodesy, died unexpectedly on October 24, 2014, from complications following operations for
intestinal problems. During Christian’s nearly 45 years of work with and for geodesy, including
many years working actively for the International Association of Geodesy, Christian marked
himself as a top level scientist especially in physical geodesy (“Mr. Collocation”), developing novel
and advanced methods, always with a strong view on applications and practical software
implementations, and being an inspirator, teacher and mentor for a long list of new generation
students in geodesy and geophysics over the years.
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