Georges Lemaître astronomer honorary prelate priest physics professor
Georges Lemaître is a 71 years old astronomer honorary prelate priest physics professor from Charleroi. Georges Lemaître was born on July 17, 1894 (died on June 20, 1966, he was 71 years old) in Charleroi.
About
No, he died on 06/20/1966, 57 years ago. He was 71 years old when he died. Cause of death: leukemia. He died in Leuven
Awards (6)
Awarded Francqui Prize in 1934 , awarded Eddington Medal in 1953 , awarded Prix Jules Janssen in 1936 , awarded Mendel Medal in 1934 , nominated Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1956 ,
Education
He graduated from Catholic University Of Louvain, St Edmund's College, Massachusetts Institute Of Technology and Université Catholique De Louvain
What was Georges's zodiac sign?Georges Lemaître zodiac sign was cancer.
Other facts about Georges Lemaître
| AlmaMater | Massachusetts Institute of Technology, University of Cambridge |
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| Place of death | Leuven |
| KnownFor | Big Bang, Metric expansion of space, Lemaître coordinates |
| Employer | Catholic University Of Louvain , start time: 1925-01-01T00:00:00Z |
| Member of | Pontifical Academy Of Sciences , start time: 1936-10-28T00:00:00Z , end time: 1966-06-20T00:00:00Z |
| Conflict | World War I |
| Google Doodle | Georges-lemaitres-124th-birthday |
| Field of work | Astrophysics |
| Doctoral advisor | Arthur Eddington |
| Family name | Lemaître. Show people with the surname Lemaître |
| Place of birth | Charleroi |
| MacTutor id (biographies) | Lemaitre |
| Date of death | 1966-06-20T00:00:00Z |
| Languages spoken, written or signed | French |
| Religion | Roman Catholic |
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| Country of citizenship | Belgium |
| Name in native language | Georges Henri Joseph Édouard Lemaître |
| Given name | Georges |
| Cause of death | Leukemia |
| National Library of Israel identifier | 000461009 |
| Student of | Charles-Jean De La Vallée Poussin |
