Margaret Burbidge

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astronomer astrophysicist human scientist

Margaret Burbidge was a pioneering British-American astrophysicist whose work on stellar nucleosynthesis and quasars helped transform modern astronomy and cosmology.

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Margaret Burbidge canonical	10
E. Margaret Burbidge	1
Eleanor Margaret Burbidge	1

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instanceOf	astronomer ⓘ astrophysicist ⓘ human ⓘ scientist ⓘ
advocatedFor	gender equality in astronomy ⓘ
awardReceived	Bruce Medal ⓘ Henry Norris Russell Lectureship ⓘ National Medal of Science ⓘ
coAuthorOf	B2FH paper on stellar nucleosynthesis ⓘ
collaboratedWith	Fred Hoyle ⓘ Geoffrey Burbidge ⓘ William A. Fowler ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	United Kingdom ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth	1919-08-12 ⓘ
dateOfDeath	2020-04-05 ⓘ
degree	PhD in astronomy ⓘ
doctoralThesisTopic	spectra of stars ⓘ
educatedAt	University College London ⓘ
employer	Carnegie Institution of Washington ⓘ Royal Observatory, Greenwich ⓘ surface form: Royal Greenwich Observatory University of California, San Diego ⓘ University of Chicago ⓘ Yerkes Observatory ⓘ
familyName	Burbidge ⓘ
fieldOfWork	astronomy ⓘ astrophysics ⓘ cosmology ⓘ
fullName	Margaret Burbidge self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Eleanor Margaret Burbidge
givenName	Eleanor ⓘ Margaret ⓘ
influenced	modern cosmology ⓘ modern theories of stellar evolution ⓘ
knownFor	B2FH paper ⓘ quasars ⓘ spectroscopy of galaxies ⓘ stellar nucleosynthesis ⓘ
memberOf	American Academy of Arts and Sciences ⓘ National Academy of Sciences ⓘ surface form: National Academy of Sciences (United States)
notableAction	refused the Annie J. Cannon Award in Astronomy in protest of discrimination against women ⓘ
notableWork	“Synthesis of the Elements in Stars” (B2FH, 1957) ⓘ
placeOfBirth	Davenport, Cheshire, England ⓘ
placeOfDeath	San Francisco, California, United States of America ⓘ surface form: San Francisco, California, USA
positionHeld	director of Royal Greenwich Observatory ⓘ first director of the Center for Astrophysics and Space Sciences at UC San Diego ⓘ president of the American Association for the Advancement of Science ⓘ president of the American Astronomical Society ⓘ professor of astronomy at University of California, San Diego ⓘ
researchFocus	galaxy rotation and mass distribution ⓘ origin of the chemical elements in stars ⓘ quasi-stellar radio sources (quasars) ⓘ
sexOrGender	female ⓘ
spouse	Geoffrey Burbidge ⓘ

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Henry Norris Russell Lectureship → notableRecipient → Margaret Burbidge ⓘ

Edwin E. Salpeter → coAuthor → Margaret Burbidge ⓘ

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Margaret Burbidge → fullName → Margaret Burbidge self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Eleanor Margaret Burbidge

Catherine Wolfe Bruce Gold Medal → notableRecipient → Margaret Burbidge ⓘ

Fred Hoyle → coAuthor → Margaret Burbidge ⓘ

Geoffrey Burbidge → coAuthor → Margaret Burbidge ⓘ

Geoffrey Burbidge → spouse → Margaret Burbidge ⓘ

Burbidge → hasNotableBearer → Margaret Burbidge ⓘ

Burbidge → spouse → Margaret Burbidge ⓘ

subject surface form: Geoffrey Burbidge

Burbidge → author → Margaret Burbidge ⓘ

subject surface form: B²FH paper

“Synthesis of the Elements in Stars” (B2FH, 1957) → hasAuthor → Margaret Burbidge ⓘ

subject surface form: Synthesis of the Elements in Stars

Annie J. Cannon Award in Astronomy → notableRecipient → Margaret Burbidge ⓘ