William Alfred Fowler

William Alfred Fowler

male, deceased (1995)
Ohio State University, Astronomer, contributor to general relativity, Ohio State University alumni, the ohio state university, california institute of technology…HenryNorrisRussellLectureship
William Alfred "Willie" Fowler (August 9, 1911 - March 14, 1995) was an American astrophysicist. He should not be confused with the British...

Bohdan Paczyński

male, deceased (2007)
Princeton University faculty, Nicolaus Copernicus University, Torun, Warsaw University alumni, vilnius, Wilno…HenryNorrisRussellLectureship
Bohdan Paczyński or Bohdan Paczynski was a Polish astronomer, a leading scientist in theory of the evolution of stars. Paczyński was born in Vi...
Richard Tousey

Richard Tousey

male, deceased (1997)
Astronomer, Henry Draper Medal, HenryNorrisRussellLectureship, Eddington Medal, outer space, space
Richard Tousey (May 18 1908 - April 15 1997) was an American astronomer. He was a pioneer in the observation of the sun from space. He won the...
Olin Chaddock Wilson

Olin Chaddock Wilson

male, deceased (1994)
PhD, Astronomer, spectra, physics, california institute of technology, lawyer…HenryNorrisRussellLectureship
Olin Chaddock Wilson (January 13, 1909 - July 13, 1994) was an American astronomer best known for his work as a stellar spectroscopist. Born in San...
Albert Whitford

Albert Whitford

male, deceased (2002)
University of Wisconsin, Astronomer, asteroid, Lick Observatory, American, photometry…HenryNorrisRussellLectureship
Albert Edward Whitford (October 22, 1905 - March 28, 2002) was an American astronomer. Whitford was born in Milton, Wisconsin and attended Milton...

Herbert Friedman

male, deceased (2000)
Brooklyn College, lyndon johnson, american philosophical society, american geophysical union, Orthodox Jew, National Academy of Sciences…HenryNorrisRussellLectureship
Herbert Friedman died of cancer at his home in Arlington, Virginia, on 9 September 2000, at the age of eighty four. He was a pioneer in the...
Olin J. Eggen

Olin J. Eggen

male, deceased (1998)
University of Wisconsin-Madison, University of Wisconsin-Madison alumni, astrophysics, University of Wisconsin, Astronomer, American…HenryNorrisRussellLectureship
Olin Jeuck Eggen (July 9 1919 - October 2 1998) was an American astronomer. Some sources incorrectly give his name as Olin Jenck Eggen. He...
Icko Iben

Icko Iben

male
PhD, Astronomer, American, University Of Illinois At Urbana-Champaign, Distinguished Professor, stellar evolution…HenryNorrisRussellLectureship
Icko Iben, Jr. is an American astronomer and a Distinguished Professor at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Iben received his PhD...

George Wallerstein

male
Brown University, Astronomer, california institute of technology, California Institute of Technology alumni, American, NAACP…HenryNorrisRussellLectureship
George Wallerstein is an American astronomer known for researching the chemical composition of stellar atmospheres. He graduated from Brown...
John Gatenby Bolton

John Gatenby Bolton

male, deceased (1993)
C. P. Snow, csiro, Caltech, Australian, British, HMS Unicorn…HenryNorrisRussellLectureship
John Gatenby Bolton (June 5 1922 - July 6 1993) was a British-Australian astronomer from Sheffield, England. He attended King Edward VII School...