Vera Rubin

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American astronomer astronomer human

Vera Rubin was an American astronomer whose pioneering work on galaxy rotation curves provided key evidence for the existence of dark matter.

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	American astronomer → astronomer → human →
academicDegree	Bachelor of Arts in astronomy → Master of Arts in astronomy → PhD in astronomy →
awardReceived	Bruce Medal → Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society → Henry Norris Russell Lectureship → National Medal of Science →
birthName	Vera Florence Cooper →
causeOfDeath	natural causes →
child	Allan Rubin → David Rubin → Judy Young → Karl Rubin →
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America →
dateOfBirth	1928-07-23 →
dateOfDeath	2016-12-25 →
educatedAt	Cornell University → Georgetown University → Vassar College →
employer	Carnegie Institution of Washington →
familyName	Rubin →
fieldOfWork	astronomy → astrophysics → galaxy dynamics →
givenName	Vera →
hasHonorificName	Rubin Ridge on Mars → Vera C. Rubin Observatory → asteroid 5726 Rubin →
influenced	acceptance of dark matter in cosmology →
influencedBy	Fritz Zwicky →
knownFor	galaxy rotation curves → providing evidence for dark matter → study of spiral galaxies →
languageOfWorkOrName	English →
memberOf	National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America →
notableStudent	Sandra Faber →
numberOfChildren	4 →
occupation	astronomer → university teacher →
placeOfBirth	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States →
placeOfDeath	Princeton, New Jersey, United States →
religion	Judaism →
sexOrGender	female →
spouse	Robert Rubin →
workInstitution	Georgetown University →
workLocation	Carnegie Observatories →

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Albert Einstein Medal → National Medal of Science →	hasRecipient
Rubin Ridge → Vera C. Rubin Observatory →	namedAfter
Vera Rubin ("Vera Florence Cooper Rubin") →	fullName
Rubin →	hasNotableBearer
Robert Rubin →	hasRelative
Rubin Ridge →	honors
Henry Norris Russell Lectureship ("Vera C. Rubin") →	notableRecipient
Robert Rubin →	spouse