Community of Scholars Profile

Chandrasekhar, Subrahmanyan

Information in this profile has been submitted by the individual or is based on Institute records, including the publication A Community of Scholars: The Institute for Advanced Study 1930-1980.

Data from Institute records

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Visits to IAS

TypeAffiliationStart DateEnd Date
[M]Math(NS)10/1/194112/31/1941
[M]NatSci1/1/19764/30/1976

Year of Death: 1995

Home institution while at IAS: University of Chicago

Degrees

DegreeYearInstitution
Sc.D.1942University of Cambridge

Honors

DescriptionYear
Nobel Prize in Physics1983
Heineman Prize (Am Phys Soc)1974
Honorary Degree Univ of Oxford1972
Draper Medal (NAS)1971
Nat Medal of Sci1966