Karl Schwarzschild Medal
The Karl Schwarzschild Medal, named after the astrophysicist Karl Schwarzschild, is an award presented by the Astronomische Gesellschaft (German Astronomical Society) to eminent astronomers and astrophysicists.[1]
Recipients
Source: German Astronomical Society
| Year | Name |
|---|---|
| 2016 | Robert Williams[2] |
| 2015 | Immo Appenzeller |
| 2014 | Margaret Geller[3] |
| 2013 | Karl-Heinz Rädler[4] |
| 2012 | Sandra M. Faber |
| 2011 | Reinhard Genzel[5] |
| 2010 | Michel Mayor |
| 2009 | Rolf-Peter Kudritzki[6] |
| 2008 | Rashid Sunyaev |
| 2007 | Rudolf Kippenhahn |
| 2005 | Gustav Andreas Tammann |
| 2004 | Riccardo Giacconi |
| 2003 | Erika Boehm-Vitense |
| 2002 | Charles H. Townes |
| 2001 | Keiichi Kodaira |
| 2000 | Roger Penrose |
| 1999 | Jeremiah P. Ostriker |
| 1998 | Peter A. Strittmatter |
| 1997 | Joseph H. Taylor |
| 1996 | Kip Thorne |
| 1995 | Hendrik C. van de Hulst |
| 1994 | Joachim Trümper |
| 1993 | Raymond Wilson |
| 1992 | Fred Hoyle |
| 1990 | Eugene N. Parker |
| 1989 | Martin J. Rees |
| 1987 | Lodewijk Woltjer |
| 1986 | Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar |
| 1985 | Edwin E. Salpeter |
| 1984 | Daniel M. Popper |
| 1983 | Donald Lynden-Bell |
| 1982 | Jean Delhaye |
| 1981 | Bohdan Paczyński |
| 1980 | Ludwig Biermann |
| 1978 | George B. Field |
| 1977 | Wilhelm Becker |
| 1975 | Lyman Spitzer |
| 1974 | Cornelis de Jager |
| 1972 | Jan H. Oort |
| 1971 | Antony Hewish |
| 1969 | Bengt Strömgren |
| 1968 | Maarten Schmidt |
| 1963 | Charles Fehrenbach |
| 1959 | Martin Schwarzschild (son of Karl Schwarzschild) |
References
- ↑ "Awards by the AG". Astronomische Gesellschaft. Retrieved 2015-08-12.
- ↑ "German Astronomical Society (AG) awards Robert Williams the Karl Schwarzschild Medal". June 28, 2016. Retrieved November 20, 2016.
- ↑ "Margaret J. Geller Awarded Karl Schwarzschild Medal". February 5, 2014. Retrieved November 20, 2016.
- ↑ "Karl-Heinz Rädler awarded with Karl-Schwarzschild Medal". September 25, 2013. Retrieved November 20, 2016.
- ↑ "Reinhard Genzel receives Karl Schwarzschild Medal 2011". July 13, 2011. Retrieved November 20, 2016.
- ↑ "Astronomy Director Awarded Schwarzschild Prize". September 25, 2009. Retrieved November 20, 2016.
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