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Henry Norris Russell
American astronomer (1877–1957)
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- Instance of
- human
- Born
- 25 October 1877
- Died
- 18 February 1957
- Place of birth
- Oyster Bay
- Place of death
- Princeton
- Sex or gender
- male
- Family name
- Russell
- Spouse
- Lucy May Cole
- Field of work
- astrophysics
- Occupation
- astronomer, astrophysicist
- Position held
- professor
- Citizenship
- United States
- Awards
- Henry Draper Medal, Henry Norris Russell Lectureship, Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society, Lalande Prize, Bruce Medal, Josiah Willard Gibbs Lectureship, Rumford Prize, Janssen Medal, Franklin Medal, Charles Stark Draper Prize, Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Foreign Member of the Royal Society
- described by source
- Astronomers: A Biographical Reference
- doctoral advisor
- Charles Augustus Young
- doctoral student
- Harlow Shapley, Lyman Spitzer, Donald Howard Menzel
- educated at
- Princeton University
- employer
- Princeton University
- languages spoken, written or signed
- English
- member of
- Royal Society, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, French Academy of Sciences, National Academy of Sciences, American Philosophical Society, American Astronomical Society, American Association for the Advancement of Science, Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei
- name in native language
- Henry Norris Russell
- nominated for
- Nobel Prize in Physics, Nobel Prize in Physics, Nobel Prize in Physics
- place of burial
- Princeton Cemetery
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