K. S. Chandra Sekhar

GPTKB entity

Statements (49)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:physicist
gptkbp:alma_mater gptkb:University_of_Cambridge
gptkbp:awards gptkb:Gold_Medal_of_the_Royal_Astronomical_Society
gptkb:J._Robert_Oppenheimer_Memorial_Prize
gptkb:football_club
gptkb:political_movement
gptkb:Padma_Bhushan
gptkb:Nobel_Prize_in_Physics
gptkb:Henry_Norris_Russell_Lectureship
gptkb:Copley_Medal
gptkb:Einstein_Prize
gptkb:Royal_Medal
gptkb:Padma_Vibhushan
Fellow of the Royal Society
Lalande Prize
Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science
Fellow of the American Physical Society
Fellow of the Indian Academy of Sciences
Fellow of the Indian National Science Academy
Fellow of the American Philosophical Society
Fellow of the National Academy of Sciences
gptkbp:birth_date 1910-10-19
gptkbp:children Ravi Chandra Sekhar
Vijay Chandra Sekhar
gptkbp:death_date 1995-08-21
gptkbp:field gptkb:observatory
Theoretical physics
Mathematical physics
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label K. S. Chandra Sekhar
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Subrahmanyan_Chandrasekhar
gptkbp:influences gptkb:Niels_Bohr
gptkb:Richard_Feynman
gptkb:Albert_Einstein
gptkb:Hans_Bethe
gptkb:Roger_Penrose
gptkbp:known_for gptkb:Chandrasekhar_limit
gptkb:Black_holes
Stellar evolution
White dwarfs
gptkbp:nationality Indian
gptkbp:notable_alumni gptkb:William_A._Fowler
gptkb:Robert_H._Dicke
John N. Bahcall
gptkbp:spouse Margaret Chandra Sekhar
gptkbp:work_location gptkb:University
gptkb:University_of_Chicago
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Pelli_Sandadi
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4