Fritz Zwicky

GPTKB entity

Statements (45)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:person
gptkbp:almaMater gptkb:ETH_Zurich
gptkbp:awardReceived gptkb:Bruce_Medal
gptkb:Gold_Medal_of_the_Royal_Astronomical_Society
gptkb:Henry_Norris_Russell_Lectureship
gptkb:Medal_for_Merit
gptkbp:birthDate 1898-02-14
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Varna,_Bulgaria
gptkbp:deathDate 1974-02-08
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:Pasadena,_California,_USA
gptkbp:discoveredBy evidence for dark matter
supernovae as a new class of astronomical objects
gptkbp:doctoralAdvisor gptkb:August_Piccard
gptkbp:employer gptkb:California_Institute_of_Technology
gptkbp:fieldOfWork gptkb:astronomy
astrophysics
physics
gptkbp:hasChild gptkb:Margrit_Zwicky
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Fritz Zwicky
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Vera_Rubin
gptkb:astronomy
gptkbp:knownFor gptkb:Zwicky_catalogue
supernovae
dark matter
morphological analysis
gptkbp:language gptkb:German
English
gptkbp:memberOf gptkb:American_Academy_of_Arts_and_Sciences
gptkb:National_Academy_of_Sciences
gptkbp:nationality gptkb:American
Swiss
gptkbp:notableStudent gptkb:Walter_Baade
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:physicist
gptkb:professor
astronomer
gptkbp:publishedIn gptkb:Astrophysical_Journal
gptkb:Catalogue_of_Galaxies_and_of_Clusters_of_Galaxies
gptkb:Morphological_Astronomy
gptkb:On_the_Red_Shift_of_Spectral_Lines_through_Interstellar_Space
Morphological Analysis and Policy Formation
gptkbp:residence gptkb:Switzerland
gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Dorothy_Vernon_Gates
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Mount_Wilson_Observatory
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4