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Margaret Burbidge
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Margaret Burbidge

Scientist · born August 12, 1919 · died 2020

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Eleanor Margaret Burbidge, (née Peachey; 12 August 1919 – 5 April 2020) was a British-American observational astronomer and astrophysicist. In the 1950s, she was one of the founders of stellar nucleosynthesis and was first author of the influential B2FH paper.

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Milestones, by age

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  1. ~63Received the Bruce Medal1982
  2. ~64Received the National Medal of Science1983
  3. ~69Received the Albert Einstein World Award of Science1988
  4. ~86Received the Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society2005

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