Klumpke-Roberts Award
The Klumpke-Roberts Award, one of seven international and national awards for service to astronomy and astronomy education given by the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, was established from a bequest by astronomer Dorothea Klumpke-Roberts to honor her husband Isaac Roberts and her parents.
Dorothea Klumpke-Roberts
Isaac Roberts
It recognizes outstanding contributions to the public understanding and appreciation of astronomy.[1] It is open to "individuals involved in science, education, writing/publishing, broadcasting, astronomy popularization, the arts, or other pursuits" from all nations and is the most prestigious award of its kind.
Award winners
Source: Astronomical Society of the Pacific
- 1974 Carl Sagan
- 1975 Isaac Asimov
- 1976 Chesley Bonestell
- 1977 Fred Hoyle
- 1978 Patrick Moore
- 1979 William J. Kaufmann III
- 1980 Walter Sullivan
- 1981 Dietrick Thomsen
- 1982 Bart Bok
- 1983 Helen Sawyer Hogg
- 1984 Deborah Byrd
- 1985 James Stokley
- 1986 Timothy Ferris
- 1987 The Editors of Sky and Telescope Magazine
- 1988 Joseph M. Chamberlain
- 1989 Ed Krupp
- 1990 Donald Goldsmith
- 1991 Richard Berry
- 1992 Philip Morrison
- 1993 David Morrison
- 1994 Andrew Fraknoi
- 1995 Heidi Hammel
- 1996 Terence Dickinson
- 1997 Franklyn M. Branley
- 1998 Julieta Fierro
- 1999 Stephen P. Maran
- 2000 Jack Horkheimer
- 2001 Sandi Preston
- 2002 Don Davis and Jon Lomberg
- 2003 Hubble Heritage Project, Space Telescope Science Institute
- 2004 Seth Shostak
- 2005 Jeff Goldstein
- 2006 Jeffrey Rosendhal
- 2007 Noreen Grice
- 2008 Dava Sobel
- 2009 Isabel Hawkins
- 2010 Marcia Bartusiak
- 2011 Paul Davies
- 2012 Ian Ridpath
- 2013 Mary Kay Hemenway
- 2014 Dennis Schatz
- 2015 Robert J. Nemiroff, Michigan Technological University and Jerry Bonnell, University of Maryland
- 2016 Chris Impey, University of Arizona College of Science
- 2017 Paul A. Delaney, York University
- 2019 Jay Pasachoff, Williams College
See also
References
- "Klumpke-Roberts Award". Astronomical Society of the Pacific. Retrieved 18 February 2020.
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