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Ira S. Bowen

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American physicist and astronomer (1898-1973)

United StatesScientistsLived 1898 to 1973 · aged 74
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Ira Sprague Bowen was an American physicist and astronomer. In 1927 he discovered that nebulium was not really a chemical element but instead doubly ionized oxygen.

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Awards 9

1966Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society
1964Henry Norris Russell Lectureship
1957Bruce Medal
1952Frederic Ives Medal
1949Rumford Prize
1946Howard N. Potts Medal
1942Henry Draper Medal
Fellow of the American Physical Society
Charles Stark Draper Prize

Connected to Ira 6

Ralph Asher AlpherAlso won Henry Draper MedalDavid A. PattersonAlso won Charles Stark Draper PrizeTheodore LymanAlso won Frederic Ives MedalEdwin Ernest SalpeterAlso won Bruce MedalHenrich FockeAlso won Howard N. Potts MedalKarl Taylor ComptonAlso won Rumford Prize

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Country
United States
Category
Scientists
Type
Scientist
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1898 to 1973 · aged 74
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23 languages

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