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Biography of Allan Rex Sandage
18. Jun 1926 – 13. Nov 2010(84 years)Died in:San Gabriel, Los Angeles County
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Allan Sandage (* 18. June 1926 in Iowa City; † 13. November 2010 in San Gabriel) was an american astronomer. He was 84 years old. He was married to Mary Sandage. His education included California Institute of Technology and University of Illinois Urbana–Champaign. He received 10 awards, including Elliott Cresson Medal, Gruber Prize in Cosmology. His cause of death was pancreatic cancer.
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12 Events1926
Born in Iowa City, Johnson County
1957
Helen B. Warner Prize for Astronomy
1963
Eddington Medal
1967
Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society
1970
National Medal of Science
1972
Henry Norris Russell Lectureship
1973
Elliott Cresson Medal
1975
Bruce Medal
1991
Crafoord Prize in Astronomy
1993
Tomalla Foundation
2000
Gruber Prize in Cosmology
2010