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The
President's National Medal of Science: Recipient Details
E. MARGARET BURBIDGE
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Professor of Astronomy |
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University of California, San Diego |
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La Jolla, California 92023 USA |
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Female
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Physical Sciences |
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1983 |
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"For leadership in observational astronomy. Her spectroscopic investigations have provided crucial information about the chemical composition of stars and the nature of quasistellar objects." |
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Presented by President Reagan at a White House Ceremony on February 27, 1985. |
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