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Russell received the Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society in 1921 and the Bruce Medal in 1925.
The Henry Norris Russell Lectureship of the American Astronomical Society is named in his honor.
Russell crater on the Moon and a crater on Mars are named after him.
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 The Bruce Medalists: Henry Norris Russell
Henry Norris Russell spent six decades at Princeton University — as student, professor, observatory director, and active professor emeritus.
With Walter S.Adams Russell applied Meghnad Saha’s theory of ionization to stellar atmospheres and determined elemental abundances, confirming Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin's discovery that the stars are composed mostly of hydrogen.
Russell applied the Bohr theory of the atom to atomic spectra and with Harvard physicist F.A. Saunders made an important contribution to atomic physics, Russell-Saunders coupling (also known as LS coupling).
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 Russell, Henry Norris   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Russell, Henry Norris (1877-1957), for many years the leading theoretical astronomer in America, was graduated from Princeton in 1897 at the age of nineteen insigni cum laude (with extraordinary honor(-- a designation by the Faculty never used before or since.
Russell pioneered in the use of atomic physics for the analysis of the stars and thus played a principal part in laying the foundations of present-day astrophysics.
Russell's position as America's leading astronomer was recognized by his presidency of the American Astronomical Society, the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and the American Philosophical Society.
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 Henry Norris Russell -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Russell received the (Click link for more info and facts about Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society) Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society in 1921 and the (Click link for more info and facts about Bruce Medal) Bruce Medal in 1925.
The (Click link for more info and facts about Henry Norris Russell Lectureship) Henry Norris Russell Lectureship of the (Click link for more info and facts about American Astronomical Society) American Astronomical Society is named in his honor.
(Click link for more info and facts about Russell crater) Russell crater on the (Any natural satellite of a planet) Moon and a (A bowl-shaped depression formed by the impact of a meteorite or bomb) crater on (The 4th planet from the sun) Mars are named after him.
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 Riccardo Giacconi   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
In 1966, Giacconi was awarded the Helen B. Warner Prize for Astronomy by the American Astronomical Society.
In 1981 he won the Bruce Medal and the Henry Norris Russell Lectureship, and in 1982 he won the Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society.
He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 2002 for pioneering contributions to astrophysics, which have led to the discovery of cosmic X-ray sources.
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 Henry Norris - Encyclopedia Glossary Meaning Explanation Henry Norris   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Sir Henry Norris (1525-1601) was a trusted early member of the circle of Elizabeth I, having been assigned to her household when she was at Woodstock.
He was knighted in 1566 and made ambassador to France, being replaced by Sir Francis Walsingham in 1570.
Sir Henry Norris was a Conservative MP and a chairman of Arsenal Football Club.
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 Henry Moseley - Encyclopedia Glossary Meaning Explanation Henry Moseley   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Henry Moseley - Encyclopedia Glossary Meaning Explanation Henry Moseley.
Henry Gwyn Jeffreys Moseley (November 23, 1887-August 10, 1915) was an English physicist.
His main contribution to science, the justification of the concept of atomic number, advanced chemistry.
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 bart bok   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
He then worked as director of Mount Stromlo Observatory in Australia for nine years, before returning to the United States as director of Steward Observatory.
He won the Bruce Medal in 1977, and was awarded the Henry Norris Russell Lectureship in 1982, and the Klumpke-Roberts Award in that same year.
A crater on the Moon is named after him, as is the asteroid 1983 Bok.
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 Walter Sydney Adams   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Among other things, he worked on solar spectroscopy and co-discovered a relationship between the relative intensities of certain spectral lines and the absolute magnitude of a star.
He won the Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society in 1917 and the Henry Draper Medal in 1918.
He won the Henry Norris Russell Lectureship in 1947.
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 Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
He won the Henry Norris Russell Lectureship in 1949, the Bruce Medal in 1952 and the Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society in 1953.
He won the Henry Draper Medal in 1971.
He won the Copley Medal of the Royal Society in 1984.
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 [60.05] Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin, Henry Norris Russell Lecture: Fifty Years of Novae   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
It was the meeting at which two traditions of the Society were broken, and we moved into the era of equal opportunity for women astronomers.
And I, the first woman to be elected President of the AAS, had the honor of presenting the illuminated scroll to Cecilia, and of introducing her on the platform where she delivered the Henry Norris Russell Prize Lecture, entitled ``Fifty Years of Novae"
Cecilia opened by comparing the experience of young and old scientists in achieving exciting results from their research, and then led us through the history of the discoveries of and about some famous novae.
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 Henry Nicholas Ridley - Encyclopedia Glossary Meaning Explanation Henry Nicholas Ridley   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Henry Nicholas Ridley - Encyclopedia Glossary Meaning Explanation Henry Nicholas Ridley.
Here you will find more informations about Henry Nicholas Ridley.
Henry Nicholas Ridley (December 10, 1855 - October 24, 1956) was an English botanist.
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 Gerard Kuiper - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Kuiper also pioneered airborne infrared observing using a Convair 990 aircraft in the 1960s.
In 1959, Kuiper won the Henry Norris Russell Lectureship of the American Astronomical Society.
In the 1960s, Kuiper helped identify landing sites on the moon for the Apollo program.
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 AAS Prizes and Awards   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
A new prize with a different name was established in 2000.
The Russell Lecturer is normally to be chosen annually on the basis of a lifetime of eminence in astronomical research.
The award includes a suitably engraved scroll, an invitation to deliver a lecture dealing with a broad astronomical field at a meeting designated by the Council, travel expenses to the meeting at which the Lecture is given, and ten free pages for publications of the Lecture in a Society journal.
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 Physics Today Online - We Hear That
During the 196th meeting of the American Astronomical Society held in Rochester in June, several individuals were recognized for their contributions to astronomy and astrophysics.
The Henry Norris Russell Lectureship, AAS's highest honor, went this year to Donald Lynden-Bell, professor of astrophysics at the University of Cambridge.
According to the award citation, Lynden-Bell "taught us how to understand the rich properties of disks around planets, stars, fl holes, and galaxies" and demonstrated what scientists may learn from studying the motions of gas clouds around the Milky Way, galaxies within the local group, and the nearby universe through the thermal background radiation.
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 Online Encyclopedia and Dictionary - George Herbig   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Henry Norris Russell Lectureship, American Astronomical Society, 1975
Catherine Wolfe Bruce Medal, Astronomical Society of the Pacific, 1980
Petrie Prize and Lectureship, Canadian Astronomical Society, 1995
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 Helen Russell   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
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The Helen Crocker Russell Library of Horticulture, established in 1972, is northern California's largest horticultural library.
Henry Norris Russell Lectureship - lifetime achievement Newton Lacy Prize in Astronomy - early career, observational Helen B. Warner Prize for Astronomy
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He was knighted in 1992 and won the Bruce Medal in 1993.
He was awarded the Henry Norris Russell Lectureship of the American Astronomical Society in 2004.
In a career that has seen him publish over 500 research papers, he has made important contributions in the origin of cosmic microwave background radiation, as well as galaxy clustering and formation.
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 COMMENCEMENT 2000: Backgrounds for Honorary Degree Recipients - Almanac, Vol. 46, No. 27, 4/4/2000
In 1999 Dr. Bahcall received the American Astronomical Society's highest recognition, the Henry Norris Russell Lectureship, which is awarded on the basis of a lifetime of eminence in astronomical research.
From 1977 to 1981, she directed research on culture at the Russell Sage Foundation in New York City.
She was appointed the Avalon Foundation Professor of Humanities at Northwestern University in 1981, a position she held until 1985, after which she was appointed visiting professor in the religion and anthropology departments at Princeton University.
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 Radio Astronomy Pioneer Dies
Though not a professional scientist, his research results were published in a number of prestigious technical journals, including Nature, the Astrophysical Journal, the Proceedings of the Institute of Radio Engineers and the Journal of Geophysical Research.
Reber also received a number of honors normally reserved for scientists professionally trained in astronomy, including the American Astronomical Society's Henry Norris Russell Lectureship and the Astronomical Society of the Pacific's Bruce Medal in 1962, the National Radio Astronomy Observatory's Jansky Lectureship in 1975, and the Royal Astronomical Society's Jackson-Gwilt Medal in 1983.
Reber's original dish antenna now is on display at the National Radio Astronomy Observatory's site in Green Bank, West Virginia, where Reber worked in the late 1950s.
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 Caltech Press Release, 3/15/2001, Wallace L.W. Sargent, Wallace Sargent
PASADENA, Calif.-- The American Astronomical Society (AAS) has awarded Wallace L. Sargent, the Ira S. Bowen Professor of Astronomy at the California Institute of Technology and former director of Palomar Observatory, with the AAS's highest honor, the Henry Norris Russell Lectureship.
The 2001 Henry Norris Russell Lectureship was awarded to Sargent specifically for his contributions to astronomical spectroscopy.
His work in the stellar spectroscopy of A-type stars led to the discovery of the He3 isotope in the star 3 Centauri.
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 Paul Green Papers Inventory (#3693)
Paul Green's siblings were Daniel Hugh Green, Gladys Green Sylvester, Mary Green Johnson, Erma Green Gold, and Caro Mae Green Russell (Couch in the mid-1960s).
Elizabeth Lay Green's sisters were Virginia "Ginger" Lay Hawkins, Ellen Lay Hodgkinson, Nancy Lay White, and Lucy Lay Zuber; her brother was Henry C. Lay.
He was buried in the old Chapel Hill Cemetery near the Paul Green Theatre on the university campus.
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 Sloan Digital Sky Survey
On January 27, Gunn was awarded the 2005 Crafoord Prize by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences.
Two weeks before, Gunn was named the recipient of the 2005 Henry Norris Russell Lectureship, the highest honor of the American Astronomical Society.
It is awarded for a lifetime of eminence in astronomical research.
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 alps.ca - Henry Norris Russell Lectureship   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
View 5 profiles and email results for Henry Norris at Reunion.com
Henry Norris - age 46, Denver CO. Henry Norris - age 67, Phoenix NY, Harrisville Central School.
Henry Norris - age 71, Timmonsville SC and more at Reunion.com.
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 2000 - Jim Peebles / Sackler Lectures / Events & Calendar / CITA
Among many other contributions, he co-founded the concept of an energy field that has since been dubbed quintessence.
Among many prizes and six honorary degrees, he received the Eddington Medal and Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society, the Heineman Prize and Henry Norris Russell Lectureship of the American Astronomical Society, the Bruce Medal of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, and the Lemaitre Award of the University Catholique de Louvain.
Prof Peebles was been named one of the first two recipients of the Cosmology Prize of the Peter Gruber Foundation in 2000.
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 SolarNews July 1993
Russell Lecturer - is to be chosen on the basis of a lifetime of eminence in astronomical research.
Pierce and Warner Prizes are for individuals early in their careers: Pierce Prize - is awarded for observational research Warner Prize - is awarded either for observational or theoretical achievements.
Russell Lecturer: Dr. Jeremiah P. Ostriker, Princeton University Observatory, Peyton Hall, Princeton, NJ 08544.
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 Definition of Charles H. Townes
He shared the 1964 Nobel Prize in Physics with N.
Basov and Aleksandr Prokhorov for contributions to this field, and in 1998 he was awarded the Henry Norris Russell Lectureship by the American Astronomical Society.
He received his bachelor's degrees in physics and modern languages from Furman University in 1935, and his Ph.D. in physics from Caltech in 1939.
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