biography
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| lived:
| (1926– )
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| biography:
| Astronomer, born in Iowa City, Iowa, USA. An astronomer at the Carnegie Observatory (1956), he was a senior research scientist at the Space Telescope Science Institute (1987). In 1950 he deduced the age of the universe as 10 billion years, and in 1960 he discovered quasars. He published The Hubble Atlas of Galaxies (1961) and compiled The Carnegie Atlas of Bright Galaxies with astronomical photographer John Bedke. In 1991 he was awarded the prestigious Crafoord Prize. |
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