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Allan Sandage

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American astronomer (1926-2010)

United StatesScientistsLived 1926 to 2010 · aged 84
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Allan Rex Sandage was an American astronomer. He was Staff Member Emeritus with the Carnegie Observatories in Pasadena, California. He determined the first reasonably accurate values for the Hubble constant and the age of the universe.

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2001Foreign Member of the Royal Society
2000Gruber Prize in Cosmology
1993Tomalla Foundation
1991Crafoord Prize in Astronomy
1991Karl G. Jansky Lectureship
1975Bruce Medal
1973Elliott Cresson Medal
1972Henry Norris Russell Lectureship
1970National Medal of Science
1967Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society
1963Eddington Medal
1957Helen B. Warner Prize for Astronomy

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Jim PeeblesAlso won Eddington MedalSara SeagerAlso won Helen B. Warner Prize for AstronomyLyman SpitzerAlso won Crafoord Prize in AstronomyIosif ShklovskyAlso won Karl G. Jansky LectureshipWalter BaadeAlso won Henry Norris Russell LectureshipAndrei LindeAlso won Gruber Prize in Cosmology

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Country
United States
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Scientists
Type
Scientist
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1926 to 2010 · aged 84
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25 languages

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