Karl Schwarzschild Medal

The Karl Schwarzschild Medal, named after the astrophysicist Karl Schwarzschild, is an award presented by the Astronomische Gesellschaft (German Astronomical Society) to eminent astronomers and astrophysicists.[1][2]

Recipients

Source: German Astronomical Society

YearName
2019Ewine van Dishoeck
2018Andrzej Udalski
2017Richard Wielebinski
2016Robert Williams[3]
2015Immo Appenzeller
2014Margaret Geller[4]
2013Karl-Heinz Rädler[5]
2012Sandra M. Faber
2011Reinhard Genzel[6]
2010Michel Mayor
2009Rolf-Peter Kudritzki[7]
2008Rashid Sunyaev
2007Rudolf Kippenhahn
2005Gustav Andreas Tammann
2004Riccardo Giacconi
2003Erika Boehm-Vitense
2002Charles H. Townes
2001Keiichi Kodaira
2000Roger Penrose
1999Jeremiah P. Ostriker
1998Peter A. Strittmatter
1997Joseph H. Taylor
1996Kip Thorne
1995Hendrik C. van de Hulst
1994Joachim Trümper
1993Raymond Wilson
1992Fred Hoyle
1990Eugene N. Parker
1989Martin J. Rees
1987Lodewijk Woltjer
1986Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar
1985Edwin E. Salpeter
1984Daniel M. Popper
1983Donald Lynden-Bell
1982Jean Delhaye
1981Bohdan Paczyński
1980Ludwig Biermann
1978George B. Field
1977Wilhelm Becker
1975Lyman Spitzer
1974Cornelis de Jager
1972Jan H. Oort
1971Antony Hewish
1969Bengt Strömgren
1968Maarten Schmidt
1963Charles Fehrenbach
1959Martin Schwarzschild (son of Karl Schwarzschild)

See also

References
  1. "Awards by the AG". Astronomische Gesellschaft. Archived from the original on 2014-12-21. Retrieved 2015-08-12.
  2. "Recipients of the Karl Schwarzschild Medal". Archived from the original on 17 May 2019.
  3. "German Astronomical Society (AG) awards Robert Williams the Karl Schwarzschild Medal". June 28, 2016. Retrieved November 20, 2016.
  4. "Margaret J. Geller Awarded Karl Schwarzschild Medal". February 5, 2014. Retrieved November 20, 2016.
  5. "Karl-Heinz Rädler awarded with Karl-Schwarzschild Medal". September 25, 2013. Retrieved November 20, 2016.
  6. "Reinhard Genzel receives Karl Schwarzschild Medal 2011". July 13, 2011. Archived from the original on April 1, 2017. Retrieved November 20, 2016.
  7. "Astronomy Director Awarded Schwarzschild Prize". September 25, 2009. Retrieved November 20, 2016.
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