Lyman Spitzer Jr.

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American scientist astronomer astrophysicist human physicist

Lyman Spitzer Jr. was an influential American astrophysicist best known for his pioneering work on interstellar matter and for conceiving and advocating the development of space-based telescopes, including what became the Hubble Space Telescope.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf American scientist ⓘ
astronomer ⓘ
astrophysicist ⓘ
human ⓘ
physicist ⓘ
academicDegree PhD in astrophysics ⓘ
awardReceived Bruce Medal ⓘ
Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society ⓘ
Henry Norris Russell Lectureship ⓘ
National Medal of Science ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1914-06-26 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1997-03-31 ⓘ
doctoralAdvisorOf Jeremiah P. Ostriker ⓘ
John N. Bahcall ⓘ
educatedAt Princeton University ⓘ
Yale University ⓘ
employer Princeton University ⓘ
familyName Spitzer Space Telescope ⓘ
surface form: Spitzer
fieldOfWork astrophysics ⓘ
interstellar medium ⓘ
plasma physics ⓘ
space astronomy ⓘ
genre scientific literature ⓘ
givenName Lyman ⓘ
hasNamesake Lyman Spitzer Building at Princeton University ⓘ
Lyman Spitzer Jr. Fellowship (Princeton) ⓘ
Spitzer Space Telescope ⓘ
hasWritten Diffuse Matter in Space ⓘ
Physical Processes in the Interstellar Medium ⓘ
inspired Hubble Space Telescope ⓘ
knownFor advocacy of space telescopes ⓘ
theory of interstellar matter ⓘ
work on controlled thermonuclear fusion ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
memberOf American Astronomical Society ⓘ
National Academy of Sciences ⓘ
notableWork conception of space-based astronomical telescopes ⓘ
development of stellarator fusion device concept ⓘ
early advocacy for the Hubble Space Telescope ⓘ
pioneering studies of the interstellar medium ⓘ
placeOfBirth Toledo ⓘ
surface form: Toledo, Ohio, United States
placeOfDeath Princeton, New Jersey, United States ⓘ
positionHeld director of Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory ⓘ
director of Princeton University Observatory ⓘ
professor of astrophysics at Princeton University ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ
workLocation Princeton, New Jersey, United States ⓘ

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Henry Norris Russell Lectureship → notableRecipient → Lyman Spitzer Jr. ⓘ
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Spitzer Space Telescope → namesake → Lyman Spitzer Jr. ⓘ
Diffuse Matter in Space → author → Lyman Spitzer Jr. ⓘ
Physical Processes in the Interstellar Medium → hasAuthor → Lyman Spitzer Jr. ⓘ
Lyman Spitzer Building at Princeton University → namedAfter → Lyman Spitzer Jr. ⓘ
Lyman Spitzer Building at Princeton University → namedFor → Lyman Spitzer Jr. ⓘ
Lyman Spitzer Building at Princeton University → commemorates → Lyman Spitzer Jr. ⓘ
Lyman Spitzer Building at Princeton University → dedicatedTo → Lyman Spitzer Jr. ⓘ
Lyman Spitzer Building at Princeton University → honors → Lyman Spitzer Jr. ⓘ
Lyman Spitzer Jr. Fellowship (Princeton) → namedAfter → Lyman Spitzer Jr. ⓘ
Lyman Spitzer Jr. Fellowship (Princeton) → honors → Lyman Spitzer Jr. ⓘ
Princeton University Observatory → hasNotableMember → Lyman Spitzer Jr. ⓘ
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Karl Schwarzschild Medal → notableRecipient → Lyman Spitzer Jr. ⓘ
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