Allan Sandage(1926–2010)

Allan Rex Sandage was an American astronomer. He was Staff Member Emeritus with the Carnegie Observatories in Pasadena, California. He determined the first reasonably accurate values for the Hubble constant and the age of the universe.

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Gruber Prize in Cosmology (2000)Balzan Prize (1999)Bruce Medal (1975)
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Major Awards
451
Publications
22,410
Citations
83
h-index
248
i10-index
49.7
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Awards & Recognition

2000
1999
1975

External Profiles

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Career Path

Award progression over time

1975
Bruce MedalCarnegie Observatories
1999
Balzan PrizeCarnegie Observatories
2000
Gruber Prize in CosmologyCarnegie Observatories
Apex Elite Prestigious

Co-winners

Shared the same award in the same year

MG
Mikhail Gromov
Balzan Prize (1999)
RK
Reinhart Koselleck
Balzan Prize (1999)
JE
John Elliott
Balzan Prize (1999)
PR
Paul Ricœur
Balzan Prize (1999)
LL
Luigi Luca Cavalli-Sforza
Balzan Prize (1999)

Education

California Institute of Technology
University of Illinois Urbana–Champaign

Doctoral Advisor

Walter Baade

Academy Memberships

National Academy of Sciences (US)American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Related Laureates

Other winners of the same award(s)

MR
Martin Rees
Wolf Prize in Physics (2024)
CB
Charles Bennett
Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics (2023)
Rashid Sunyaev
Rashid Sunyaev
Bruce Medal (2022)
RG
Reinhard Genzel
Nobel Prize in Physics (2020)
JS
Joseph Silk
Gruber Prize in Cosmology (2019)
PH
Peter Hall
Balzan Prize (2010)
Lothar Gall
Lothar Gall
Balzan Prize (2006)
Vera Rubin
Vera Rubin
Bruce Medal (2003)

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