Maarten Schmidt

Maarten Schmidt

male, 79 years old
dutch, Leiden Observatory, Jan Hendrik Oort, 3C273, Ph.D., luminosity
Maarten Schmidt (born December 28 1929) is a Dutch astronomer who measured the distances of astronomical objects called quasars. Schmidt was born...
Jesse L. Greenstein

Jesse L. Greenstein

male, deceased (2002)
Harvard Centennial Medal recipient, 3C273, california institute of technology, quasar, yerkes observatory, American…3C 48
Jesse Leonard Greenstein (October 15 1909 - October 21 2002) was an American astronomer. He began his career at Yerkes Observatory under Otto...
Dorrit Hoffleit

Dorrit Hoffleit

female, deceased (2007) (New Haven, Connecticut, United States)
Radcliffe College, Harvard College Observatory, Centenarian, Yale, Harvard, Kinematics…3C273
Ellen Dorrit Hoffleit (March 12, 1907 - April 9, 2007) was an American senior research astronomer at Yale University. Hoffleit was born in...