Maarten Schmidt
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Maarten Schmidt was a Dutch astronomer best known for his pioneering work on quasars and for developing the Schmidt law relating gas density to star formation in galaxies.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| Maarten Schmidt canonical | 4 |
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
astronomer
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astrophysicist ⓘ human ⓘ |
| academicDegree | PhD in astronomy ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Bruce Medal
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Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society NERFINISHED ⓘ Henry Norris Russell Lectureship NERFINISHED ⓘ James Craig Watson Medal NERFINISHED ⓘ Kavli Prize in Astrophysics NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfBirth | Kingdom of the Netherlands NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
Kingdom of the Netherlands
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United States of America ⓘ |
| countryOfDeath | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1929-12-28 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 2022-09-17 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Leiden University
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University of Groningen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| employer |
California Institute of Technology
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Mount Wilson and Palomar Observatories NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyName | Schmidt NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
astronomy
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astrophysics ⓘ extragalactic astronomy ⓘ quasar astronomy ⓘ |
| givenName | Maarten NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influenced |
observational cosmology
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studies of active galactic nuclei ⓘ theory of galaxy evolution ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Schmidt law relating gas density to star formation rate in galaxies
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Schmidt–Kennicutt law NERFINISHED ⓘ demonstrating cosmological distances of quasars ⓘ identification of 3C 273 as a high-redshift quasar ⓘ pioneering work on quasars ⓘ |
| languageSpoken |
Dutch
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English ⓘ |
| memberOf |
National Academy of Sciences
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Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWork |
paper formulating the Schmidt law of star formation
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paper identifying 3C 273 as a quasar ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Groningen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Fresno NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionHeld | professor of astronomy at California Institute of Technology ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| workLocation | Pasadena NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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