Maarten Schmidt

Maarten Schmidt was a Dutch-born American astronomer who first measured the distances of quasars. He was the first astronomer to identify a quasar, and so was pictured on the March cover of Time magazine in 1966.

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Who was born first?

• Maarten Schmidt and Paul Lauterbur were born the same year
• Maarten Schmidt and Werner Arber were born the same year
• Maarten Schmidt and Edith Windsor were born the same year
• Maarten Schmidt and Eric Kandel were born the same year
• Maarten Schmidt and Isamu Akasaki were born the same year

Timeline

1. Edith WindsorJune 20, 1929 – September 12, 2017
2. Eric KandelNovember 7, 1929 – present
3. Isamu AkasakiJanuary 30, 1929 – April 1, 2021
4. Maarten Schmidt (this page)December 28, 1929 – September 17, 2022
5. Paul LauterburMay 6, 1929 – March 27, 2007
6. Werner ArberJune 3, 1929 – present

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