Edwin E. Salpeter
Austrian–Australian–American astrophysicist (1924–2008).
The record
Edwin E. Salpeter was an Austrian–Australian–American astrophysicist. Born on 3 December 1924 in Vienna, Salpeter died on 26 November 2008 in Ithaca at the age of 83.
Salpeter studied at University of Birmingham and Sydney Boys High School. Honours include Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society, Henry Norris Russell Lectureship and J. Robert Oppenheimer Memorial Prize, among 10 recorded.
With a Wikipedia article in 26 languages, Edwin E. Salpeter is No. 75,441 in the People and Position Index.
- Born
- 3 December 1924, Vienna
- Died
- 26 November 2008, Ithaca (aged 83)
- Country
- Austria
- Known as
- Astrophysicist, university teacher, nuclear physicist
- Field
- Science
- Education
- University of Birmingham, Sydney Boys High School
- Languages
- English
- Wikipedia editions
- 26
Did you know
Lived to 83.
Shares a birthday with Joseph Conrad and Julianne Moore.
One of 502 people in the Index born in Vienna, with Erwin Schrödinger.
Has a Wikipedia article in 26 languages.
Computed from the Index and Wikidata.
Connections
- SpouseMika Salpeter
Honours and works
Awards
- Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society1973
- Henry Norris Russell Lectureship1974
- J. Robert Oppenheimer Memorial Prize1974
- Karl Schwarzschild Medal1985
- Bruce Medal1987
- Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science1988
- Foreign Member of the Royal Society1993
- Dirac Medal for the Advancement of Physics1996
- Crafoord Prize in Astronomy1997
- Hans A. Bethe Prize1999
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