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Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar

Award received: <a href="https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?title=Q15631401&amp;oldid=2549679200" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Fellow of the Royal Society · dated 1944
Notable work: <a href="https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?title=Q51366&amp;oldid=2550324108" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Chandrasekhar limit
Employer: <a href="https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?title=Q131252&amp;oldid=2554977901" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">University of Chicago · from 1942 · to 1985
Education: <a href="https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?title=Q332342&amp;oldid=2546792512" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Trinity College · from 1930 · to 1933
Award received: <a href="https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?title=Q28003&amp;oldid=2556651053" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Copley Medal · dated 1984
Notable work: <a href="https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?title=Q4516333&amp;oldid=2558711970" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Chandrasekhar number

Wikidata describes Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar as Indian-American astrophysicist.

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