Georges Lemaître

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Catholic priest astronomer cosmologist human physicist

Georges Lemaître was a Belgian priest, astronomer, and physicist best known for proposing the expanding universe and what became known as the Big Bang theory.

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instanceOf Catholic priest ⓘ
astronomer ⓘ
cosmologist ⓘ
human ⓘ
physicist ⓘ
academicDegree PhD in physics ⓘ
awardReceived Eddington Medal ⓘ
Francqui Prize ⓘ
Mendel Medal ⓘ
burialPlace Leuven ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Belgium ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1894-07-17 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1966-06-20 ⓘ
educatedAt Catholic University of Leuven ⓘ
Massachusetts Institute of Technology ⓘ
Cambridge University ⓘ
surface form: University of Cambridge
employer Catholic University of Leuven ⓘ
familyName Georges Lemaître self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Lemaître
fieldOfWork astrophysics ⓘ
cosmology ⓘ
general relativity ⓘ
givenName Georges ⓘ
hasNameInLanguage Georges Lemaître self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: George Lemaitre (English transliteration)

Georges Lemaître self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Georges Lemaître (French)
influenced Edwin Hubble ⓘ
George Gamow ⓘ
influencedBy Albert Einstein ⓘ
Alexander Friedmann ⓘ
knownFor Lemaître–Hubble law ⓘ
Lemaître–Tolman metric ⓘ
early formulation of Big Bang theory ⓘ
formulating the expanding universe theory ⓘ
languageSpoken French ⓘ
memberOf Pontifical Academy of Sciences ⓘ
Royal Academy of Science, Letters and Fine Arts of Belgium ⓘ
notableWork expanding universe model ⓘ
hypothesis of the primeval atom ⓘ
occupation Catholic priest ⓘ
astronomer ⓘ
physicist ⓘ
placeOfBirth Charleroi ⓘ
placeOfDeath Leuven ⓘ
positionHeld president of the Pontifical Academy of Sciences ⓘ
professor of physics ⓘ
religion Roman Catholicism ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ
theoryDeveloped homogeneous expanding universe model ⓘ
primeval atom hypothesis ⓘ
workLocation Leuven ⓘ

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Georges Lemaître → hasNameInLanguage → Georges Lemaître self-linksurface differs ⓘ
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Alexander Friedmann → influenced → Georges Lemaître ⓘ
Willem de Sitter → influenced → Georges Lemaître ⓘ
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Arthur Geoffrey Walker → influencedBy → Georges Lemaître ⓘ
FLRW cosmological models → namedAfter → Georges Lemaître ⓘ
Lemaître–Hubble law → namedAfter → Georges Lemaître ⓘ
hypothesis of the primeval atom → proposedBy → Georges Lemaître ⓘ