Lyman Spitzer, Jr.

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Ph.D. Princeton University 1938 UnitedStates
Dissertation: The Spectra of Late Supergiant Stars
Mathematics Subject Classification: 85—Astronomy and astrophysics

Advisor: Henry Norris Russell

Students:
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NameSchoolYearDescendants
Cohn, HaldanPrinceton University1979
Elmegreen, BrucePrinceton University1975
Field, GeorgePrinceton University195528
Gaustad, JohnPrinceton University1962
Gott, JohnPrinceton University19731
Montgomery, DavidPrinceton University195926
Sanders, RobertPrinceton University19706
Savedoff, MalcolmPrinceton University19511
Searle, Leonard ThomasPrinceton University195618
Shull, MichaelPrinceton University1976

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