C. Donald Shane
Male, Deceased Person
1895 – 1983
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Who was C. Donald Shane?
Charles Donald Shane was an American astronomer and director of the Lick Observatory of the University of California from 1945 to 1958, during which time he carried out his monumental program of counting external galaxies and investigating their distribution.
In 1920, Shane received his doctorate in astronomy from the University of California at Berkeley and was appointed as an instructor in mathematics there.
The C. Donald Shane telescope at the Lick Observatory was named after him in 1978.
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- Born
- Sep 6, 1895
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Education
- University of California, Berkeley
- Died
- Mar 19, 1983
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on July 23, 2013
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