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Edwin Ernest Salpeter
Austrian-Australian-American astrophysicist (1924-2008) · Austria · Scientists · Died at 83
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Something wrong?Edwin Ernest Salpeter was an Austrian-Australian-American astrophysicist.
A life in dates
2008Died26 November 20081999Hans A. Bethe PrizeAward1997Crafoord Prize in AstronomyAward1996Dirac Medal for the Advancement of PhysicsAward1993Foreign Member of the Royal SocietyAward1988Fellow of the Australian Academy of ScienceAward1987Bruce MedalAward1985Karl Schwarzschild MedalAward1974Henry Norris Russell LectureshipAwardJ. Robert Oppenheimer Memorial PrizeAward1973Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical SocietyAward1924Born3 December 1924
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Spouse: Mika SalpeterAbout this person
Country
Austria
Category
Scientists
Type
Scientist
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1924 to 2008 · aged 83
In common with Edwin
Herbert A. HauptmanBoth received Dirac Medal for the Advancement of Physics
Robert SerberBoth received J. Robert Oppenheimer Memorial Prize
Silvia Torres-PeimbertBoth received Hans A. Bethe Prize
Eugene ParkerBoth received Crafoord Prize in AstronomyMartin SchwarzschildBoth received Henry Norris Russell Lectureship
George William HillBoth received Bruce MedalFame.am measures public visibility signals. It does not measure human value, talent, morality, or credibility.