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Biography of Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar
19. Oct 1910 – 21. Aug 1995(84 years)Died in:Chicago, Cook County
Indian-American astrophysicist
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Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar (* 19. October 1910 in Lahore; † 21. August 1995 in Chicago) was an indian-American astrophysicist. He was 84 years old. He was married to Lalitha Doraiswamy. His education included Trinity College, Presidency College, University of Cambridge and Hindu Higher Secondary School. His faith was atheism. He received 10 awards, including Fellow of the Royal Society, Copley Medal. His cause of death was cardiac arrest.
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17 Events1910
Born in Lahore, Lahore District
1921
Presidency College
until 1930
1930
Trinity College
until 1933
1933
Trinity College
until 1937
1937
Yerkes Observatory
until 1942
1942
University of Chicago
until 1985
1944
Fellow of the Royal Society
1949
Henry Norris Russell Lectureship
1952
Bruce Medal
1953
Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society
1962
Royal Medal
1966
National Medal of Science
1971
Henry Draper Medal
1983
Nobel Prize in Physics
1984
Copley Medal
1986
Karl Schwarzschild Medal
1995