Edwin Ernest Salpeter

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Edwin_Ernest_Salpeter

GPTKB entity

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gptkbp:birthDate	1924-12-03
gptkbp:birthPlace	gptkb:Vienna,_Austria
gptkbp:child	gptkb:Judith_Salpeter
gptkbp:deathDate	2008-11-26
gptkbp:deathPlace	gptkb:Ithaca,_New_York,_USA
gptkbp:doctoralAdvisor	gptkb:Rudolf_Peierls
gptkbp:employer	gptkb:Cornell_University
gptkbp:fieldOfWork	gptkb:astronomy astrophysics physics
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Edwin Ernest Salpeter
gptkbp:knownFor	gptkb:Salpeter_process gptkb:Salpeter_initial_mass_function work on stellar nucleosynthesis
gptkbp:memberOf	gptkb:American_Academy_of_Arts_and_Sciences gptkb:National_Academy_of_Sciences
gptkbp:nationality	gptkb:American gptkb:Australian
gptkbp:occupation	astronomer
gptkbp:spouse	gptkb:Miriam_Mark
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gptkbp:bfsLayer	5