Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar date of birth:
October 19, 1910
How old was Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar when died?
84
Where was Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar born?
Lahore, India
When did Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar die?
August 21, 1995
Where did Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar die?
Chicago, IL
Is Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar gay or straight?
Straight
What religion is Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar?
Hindu
What is Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar's ethnicity?
Asian/Indian
What is Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar nationality?
American
Where did Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar go to school?
Hindu High School, Triplicane (1922-25)
Where did Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar go to university?
BSc Physics, Presidency College, Madras (1925-30), University of Madras , PhD, Trinity College, Cambridge University (1933)
What is Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar's occupation?
Astronomer
Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar claim to fame:
Astronomer, Physicist
Short Biography
Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar, FRS (i/ˌtʃʌndrəˈʃeɪkər/; October 19, 1910 – August 21, 1995), was an Indian American astrophysicist born in Lahore, Punjab. Chandrasekhar was awarded, along with William A. Fowler, the 1983 Nobel Prize for Physics, with Chandrasekhar cited for his mathematical theory of the physical processes of importance to the structure and evolution of the stars. This work led to the currently accepted theory on the later evolutionary stages of massive stars, including black holes. The Chandrasekhar limit is named after him.