Henry Norris Russell

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American astronomer academic astronomer astrophysicist

Henry Norris Russell was an influential American astronomer best known for co-developing the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram, a fundamental tool in stellar astrophysics.

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instanceOf American astronomer ⓘ
academic ⓘ
astronomer ⓘ
astrophysicist ⓘ
academicDegree PhD in astronomy ⓘ
awardReceived Bruce Medal ⓘ
Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society ⓘ
Henry Draper Medal ⓘ
Janssen Medal ⓘ
birthDate 1877-10-25 ⓘ
birthPlace Oyster Bay ⓘ
surface form: Oyster Bay, New York, United States
coDeveloperOf Hertzsprung–Russell diagram ⓘ
collaboratedWith Ejnar Hertzsprung ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
deathDate 1957-02-18 ⓘ
deathPlace Princeton, New Jersey, United States ⓘ
educatedAt Princeton University ⓘ
employer Princeton University ⓘ
era 20th-century astronomy ⓘ
familyName Russell ⓘ
fieldOfWork astronomy ⓘ
astrophysics ⓘ
fullName Henry Norris Russell self-link ⓘ
givenName Henry ⓘ
hasAcademicAdvisor Charles Augustus Young ⓘ
hasHonorificName Asteroid 1762 Russell ⓘ
Russell lunar crater ⓘ
influenced stellar astrophysics ⓘ
theory of stellar evolution ⓘ
knownFor Hertzsprung–Russell diagram ⓘ
Russell–Saunders coupling ⓘ
stellar classification ⓘ
work on binary stars ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
memberOf American Philosophical Society ⓘ
National Academy of Sciences ⓘ
Royal Astronomical Society ⓘ
notableStudent Harlow Shapley ⓘ
Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar ⓘ
notableWork On the Relations between the Spectra and Other Characteristics of the Stars ⓘ
The Solar System and Its Origin ⓘ
positionHeld director of the Princeton University Observatory ⓘ
professor of astronomy at Princeton University ⓘ
residence Princeton, New Jersey, United States ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ
studied binary star systems ⓘ
stellar spectra ⓘ
workLocation Princeton, New Jersey, United States ⓘ

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