Walter Baade
German astronomer (1893-1960) · Germany · On the map · Scientists · Died at 67
Wilhelm Heinrich Walter Baade was a German astronomer who worked in the United States from 1931 to 1959.
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1960Died25 June 19601958Henry Norris Russell LectureshipAward1955Bruce MedalAward1954Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical SocietyAward1893Born24 March 1893
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Germany
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Lived 1893 to 1960 · aged 67
