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William Alfred Fowler

1911 - 1995

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William Alfred Fowler (August 9, 1911 – March 14, 1995) was an American nuclear physicist, later astrophysicist, who, with Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar, was awarded the 1983 Nobel Prize in Physics. He is known for his theoretical and experimental research into nuclear reactions within stars and the energy elements produced in the process and was one of the authors of the influential B2FH paper. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. William Alfred Fowler is the 54th most popular astronomer (up from 55th in 2019), the 787th most popular biography from United States (up from 793rd in 2019) and the 10th most popular American Astronomer.

William Alfred Fowler is most famous for being the first person to win two Nobel Prizes in different fields. He won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1983 and the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1973.

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Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, William Alfred Fowler ranks 54 out of 644. Before him are Arthur Eddington, Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin, John Michell, Jérôme Lalande, Adolphe Quetelet, and Édouard Stephan. After him are Paolo dal Pozzo Toscanelli, Karl Ludwig Hencke, Jan Oort, Abu Maʿshar, James Bradley, and Abū Ishāq Ibrāhīm al-Zarqālī.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1911, William Alfred Fowler ranks 30. Before him are Maurice Allais, Jack Ruby, Polykarp Kusch, Marshall McLuhan, Prince Bernhard of Lippe-Biesterfeld, and Tennessee Williams. After him are Niels Kaj Jerne, Feodor Lynen, Robert Johnson, Wilhelm Mohnke, Gian Carlo Menotti, and Max Frisch. Among people deceased in 1995, William Alfred Fowler ranks 22. Before him are Dean Martin, Gerald Durrell, Konrad Zuse, Anatoly Dyatlov, Christian B. Anfinsen, and Teresa Teng. After him are Harold Wilson, Patricia Highsmith, Clair Cameron Patterson, U Nu, Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar, and Lana Turner.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, William Alfred Fowler ranks 787 out of 20,380. Before him are Kateri Tekakwitha (1656), Rod Steiger (1925), Howard Hawks (1896), James Ivory (1928), Keith Jarrett (1945), and Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. (1841). After him are Edgar Cayce (1877), Edward Mills Purcell (1912), James Cronin (1931), Paul D. Boyer (1918), David Lee (1931), and James Woods (1947).

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Among ASTRONOMERS In United States

Among astronomers born in United States, William Alfred Fowler ranks 10. Before him are Neil deGrasse Tyson (1958), Charles Greeley Abbot (1872), Robert Woodrow Wilson (1936), Vesto Slipher (1875), Asaph Hall (1829), and Clyde Tombaugh (1906). After him are Edward Emerson Barnard (1857), Vera Rubin (1928), Russell Alan Hulse (1950), Henrietta Swan Leavitt (1868), Percival Lowell (1855), and Eugene Merle Shoemaker (1928).

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