Allan R. Sandage

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American scientist astronomer person

Allan R. Sandage was a prominent American astronomer known for his pioneering work on the expansion rate of the universe, the cosmic distance scale, and the age of the cosmos.

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Allan Rex Sandage 2

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instanceOf American scientist ⓘ
astronomer ⓘ
person ⓘ
academicAdvisor Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar ⓘ
awardReceived Bruce Medal ⓘ
Eddington Medal ⓘ
Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society ⓘ
Gruber Cosmology Prize ⓘ
Henry Norris Russell Lectureship ⓘ
contributedTo calibration of standard candles in cosmology ⓘ
precision measurement of Hubble’s constant ⓘ
convertedTo Christianity ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1926-06-18 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 2010-11-13 ⓘ
educatedAt University of Chicago ⓘ
University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign ⓘ
employer Carnegie Observatories ⓘ
Mount Wilson Observatory ⓘ
Palomar Observatory ⓘ
familyName Sandage ⓘ
fieldOfWork astronomy ⓘ
cosmology ⓘ
fullName Allan R. Sandage self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Allan Rex Sandage
gender male ⓘ
givenName Allan ⓘ
knownFor determining the age of the universe ⓘ
measuring the expansion rate of the universe ⓘ
research on galaxy evolution ⓘ
research on quasars ⓘ
studies of Hubble’s constant ⓘ
work on the Hubble diagram ⓘ
work on the cosmic distance scale ⓘ
languageSpoken English ⓘ
middleName Rex ⓘ
nationality American ⓘ
notableStudentOf Edwin Hubble ⓘ
notableWork Revised Shapley–Ames Catalog of Bright Galaxies ⓘ
Hubble sequence of galaxy classification ⓘ
surface form: The Hubble Atlas of Galaxies
placeOfBirth Iowa City, Iowa ⓘ
surface form: Iowa City, Iowa, United States
placeOfDeath San Gabriel, California, United States ⓘ
positionHeld astronomer at Carnegie Institution of Washington ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
researched cosmic age problem ⓘ
globular clusters ⓘ
stellar populations ⓘ
succeeded Edwin Hubble ⓘ
surface form: Edwin Hubble in continuing the Hubble program

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Henry Norris Russell Lectureship → notableRecipient → Allan R. Sandage ⓘ
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this entity surface form: Allan Rex Sandage
Catherine Wolfe Bruce Gold Medal → notableRecipient → Allan R. Sandage ⓘ
this entity surface form: Allan Sandage
Sandage → notableBearer → Allan R. Sandage ⓘ
Sandage → birthName → Allan R. Sandage ⓘ
subject surface form: Allan R. Sandage
this entity surface form: Allan Rex Sandage
Sandage → hasNotableAstronomer → Allan R. Sandage ⓘ
Princeton University Observatory → hasNotableMember → Allan R. Sandage ⓘ
this entity surface form: Allan Sandage
Karl Schwarzschild Medal → notableRecipient → Allan R. Sandage ⓘ
this entity surface form: Allan Sandage
Helen B. Warner Prize for Astronomy → notableRecipient → Allan R. Sandage ⓘ
James Craig Watson Medal → notableRecipient → Allan R. Sandage ⓘ