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  1. Allan Rex Sandage (June 18, 1926 – November 13, 2010) was an American astronomer. He was Staff Member Emeritus with the Carnegie Observatories in Pasadena, California. [2] He determined the first reasonably accurate values for the Hubble constant and the age of the universe .

  2. Apr 5, 2024 · Allan Sandage (born June 18, 1926, Iowa City, Iowa, U.S.—died November 13, 2010, San Gabriel, California) was an American astronomer who led an extensive effort to determine Hubble’s constant, the rate at which the universe is expanding. He also did important early work on quasi-stellar radio sources ( quasars ), very distant starlike ...

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  3. Nov 17, 2010 · Nov. 17, 2010. Allan R. Sandage, who spent his life measuring the universe, becoming the most influential astronomer of his generation, died Saturday at his home in San Gabriel, Calif. He was...

  4. May 17, 2016 · Pasadena, CA — Carnegie’s Allan Sandage, who died in 2010, was a tremendously influential figure in the field of astronomy. His final paper, published posthumously, focuses on unraveling a surprising historical mystery related to one of his own seminal discoveries.

  5. Allan Sandage was an astronomer who studied the evolution and fate of stars and galaxies. He discovered the first quasar, measured the Hubble constant, and proved that the universe will expand forever.

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  7. Dec 15, 2010 · Astronomer who measured expansion rate of the Universe. Allan Rex Sandage was one of the most prolific and influential astronomers of the second half of the twentieth century. Edwin Hubble and...

  8. Nov 22, 2010 · Allan R. Sandages True Love Was the Stars - The New York Times. Essay. He Was Mr. Universe, but He Was Really in Love With the Stars. Share full article. EMINENT The cosmologist Allan R....

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