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.

Aliases (1)

Allan Rex Sandage ×1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
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 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 → The Hubble Atlas of Galaxies →
placeOfBirth	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 in continuing the Hubble program →

Referenced by (2)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Allan R. Sandage ("Allan Rex Sandage") →	fullName
Henry Norris Russell Lectureship →	notableRecipient