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Martin Schwarzschild

German astronomer (1912-1997) · Germany · On the map · Scientists · Died at 84

Martin Schwarzschild was a German-American astrophysicist.

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1997Died10 April 1997National Medal of ScienceAward1996Foreign Member of the Royal SocietyAward1994Balzan PrizeAward1980Karl G. Jansky LectureshipAward1970Prix Jules JanssenAward1969Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical SocietyAward1967Dannie Heineman PrizeAward1966Josiah Willard Gibbs LectureshipAward1965Bruce MedalAward1963Eddington MedalAward1960Henry Draper MedalAwardHenry Norris Russell LectureshipAward1959Karl Schwarzschild MedalAward1912Born31 May 1912

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