The Robert J. Trumpler Award of the
Astronomical Society of the Pacific is given annually to a recent recipient of the Ph.D degree whose thesis is judged particularly significant to astronomy.
Robert J. Trumpler Award for an Outstanding PhD Thesis
at the Astronomical Society of the Pacific website The award is named after Robert Julius Trumpler
Robert Julius Trumpler (until 1915 Robert Trümpler, born October 2, 1886 in Zürich, Switzerland; died September 10, 1956 in Berkeley, United States) was a Swiss-American astronomer.
Career
After initial schooling, Trumpler entered the Universit ...
, a notable Swiss-American astronomer (1886–1956).
Previous award winners
Source
ASP
See also
* List of astronomy awards
This list of astronomy awards is an index to articles about notable awards for contributions to astronomy. The list is organized by region and country of the sponsoring organization, but awards are not necessarily limited to people from that count ...
* Prizes named after people
A prize is an award to be given to a person or a group of people (such as sporting teams and organizations) to recognize and reward their actions and achievements.
References
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Astronomy prizes
Awards established in 1973
1973 establishments in the United States