Allan R. Sandage

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:person
astronomer
gptkbp:almaMater gptkb:California_Institute_of_Technology
gptkb:University_of_Illinois_at_Urbana–Champaign
gptkbp:awardReceived gptkb:Bruce_Medal
gptkb:Eddington_Medal
gptkb:Gold_Medal_of_the_Royal_Astronomical_Society
gptkb:Henry_Norris_Russell_Lectureship
gptkb:Crafoord_Prize
gptkb:Gruber_Prize_in_Cosmology
gptkbp:birthDate 1926-06-18
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Iowa_City,_Iowa,_United_States
gptkbp:deathDate 2010-11-13
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:San_Gabriel,_California,_United_States
gptkbp:discoveredBy gptkb:Sandage–Loeb_test
several variable stars
gptkbp:doctoralAdvisor gptkb:Walter_Baade
gptkb:Martin_Schwarzschild
gptkbp:editor gptkb:Carnegie_Atlas_of_Galaxies
gptkb:Revised_Shapley–Ames_Catalog_of_Bright_Galaxies
gptkbp:employer gptkb:Carnegie_Institution_for_Science
gptkb:Mount_Wilson_Observatory
gptkb:Palomar_Observatory
gptkbp:field gptkb:astronomy
gptkbp:hasCitedWork Edwin Hubble's research
Walter Baade's research
gptkbp:honorificPrefix Dr.
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Allan R. Sandage
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Marc_Aaronson
gptkb:Wendy_Freedman
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Edwin_Hubble
gptkb:Walter_Baade
gptkbp:knownFor gptkb:cosmology
stellar evolution
measuring the Hubble constant
work on the age of the universe
gptkbp:memberOf gptkb:American_Academy_of_Arts_and_Sciences
gptkb:National_Academy_of_Sciences
gptkbp:nationality gptkb:American
gptkbp:notableWork gptkb:Revised_Shapley–Ames_Catalog_of_Bright_Galaxies
gptkb:Sandage–Loeb_test
Recalibration of the Hubble constant
work on Cepheid variables
work on globular clusters
work on the expansion of the universe
gptkbp:religion gptkb:Christianity
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Mary_Connelley_Sandage
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Palomar_Observatory
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5