Fred Lawrence Whipple

Fred Lawrence Whipple was an American astronomer, who worked at the Harvard College Observatory for more than 70 years. Among his achievements were asteroid and comet discoveries, the "dirty snowball" hypothesis of comets, and the invention of the Whipple shield.

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Who was born first?

• Fred Lawrence Whipple and Olga Taussky-Todd were born the same year
• Fred Lawrence Whipple and Grace Hopper were born the same year
• Fred Lawrence Whipple and Albert Hofmann were born the same year
• Fred Lawrence Whipple and Nicholas Georgescu-Roegen were born the same year
• Fred Lawrence Whipple and Hans Bethe were born the same year

Timeline

1. Albert HofmannJanuary 11, 1906 – April 29, 2008
2. Fred Lawrence Whipple (this page)November 5, 1906 – August 30, 2004
3. Grace HopperDecember 9, 1906 – January 1, 1992
4. Hans BetheJuly 2, 1906 – March 6, 2005
5. Nicholas Georgescu-RoegenFebruary 4, 1906 – October 30, 1994
6. Olga Taussky-ToddAugust 30, 1906 – October 7, 1995

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