Allan 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
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:First_quasar_(3C_273,_with_Maarten_Schmidt)
gptkbp:doctoralAdvisor gptkb:Walter_Baade
gptkb:Martin_Schwarzschild
gptkbp:doctoralStudent gptkb:John_Huchra
gptkb:Wendy_Freedman
gptkbp:employer gptkb:Carnegie_Institution_for_Science
gptkb:Mount_Wilson_Observatory
gptkb:Palomar_Observatory
gptkbp:field gptkb:astronomy
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Allan Sandage
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:John_Huchra
gptkb:Wendy_Freedman
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Edwin_Hubble
gptkbp:knownFor gptkb:cosmology
stellar evolution
measuring the Hubble constant
gptkbp:memberOf gptkb:American_Academy_of_Arts_and_Sciences
gptkb:National_Academy_of_Sciences
gptkbp:nationality gptkb:American
gptkbp:notableWork Recalibration of the Hubble constant
Studies of globular clusters
gptkbp:publishedIn gptkb:The_Deep_Universe
gptkb:The_Hubble_Atlas_of_Galaxies
gptkbp:religion gptkb:Christianity
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Mary_Connelley_Sandage
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Carnegie_Observatories
gptkb:Observatories_of_the_Carnegie_Institution_for_Science
gptkbp:bfsLayer 3