User:Darmokandjalad/drafts/List of African American Astronomers & Astrophysicists
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| Image | Name | Date of Birth | Date of Death | Research Interests | Comment |
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| [[Image:]] | Harvey Washington Banks | ? | †1979 | Planetary spectroscopy, celestial mechanics | First African-American to earn a Ph.D in astronomy; taught at Howard University, Delaware State College.[1] |
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Neil deGrasse Tyson | October 5, 1958 | astrophysics, physical cosomology | Noted science communicator and educator | |
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Benjamin Banneker | Error: Invalid birth date for calculating age | October 9, 1806 (aged 74) | astronomy | Noted surveyor, farmer, and mathematician |
| [[Image:]] | Arthur B. C. Walker, Jr. | September 24, 1936 | April 29, 2001 (aged 64) | astronomy,astrophysics, solar physics | Pioneer in EUV/XUV optics, taught at Stanford University[2] |
See Also
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References
[edit]- ^ Nick Greene. "Doctor Harvey Washington Banks". Retrieved 8 February 2012.
- ^ Nice Greene. "Dr. Arthur Bertram Cuthbert Walker II Biography". Retrieved 7 February 2012.
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