Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar
- Born: October 19, 1910 (Lahore, India)
- Died: August 21, 1995 (Chicago, Illinois)
Education
- 1930: BA, University of Madras
- 1933: PhD, Cambridge University (Theoretical Physics)
Major Positions
- 1933–1937: Cambridge University, Fellow, Trinity College
- 1937–1938: University of Chicago, Research Associate
- 1938–1946: University of Chicago, Assistant Professor to Professor
- 1947–1952: University of Chicago, Distinguished Service Professor of Theoretical Astrophysics
- 1952–1985: University of Chicago, Morton D. Hull Distinguished Service Professor of Theoretical Astrophysics
- 1986–1995: University of Chicago, Morton D. Hull Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus
Other Positions
- 1952–1971: Astrophysics Journal, Editor
Selected Part-Time Positions
- 1951–1954: Member, Council, American Astronomical Society
- 1964–1968: Member, Council, American Physical Society
- 1979–1981: Member, Advisory Board, Institute for Theoretical Physics, University of California, Santa Barbara
Selected Awards and Honors
- 1955: National Academy of Sciences, Member
- 1966: National Medal of Science
- 1974: American Physical Society, Dannie Heineman Prize for Mathematical Physics
- 1983: Nobel Prize in Physics
Archival Resources
University of Chicago, Regenstein Library, Archives and Manuscripts, Chicago, Illinois
Online Finding Aid
Oral History Interviews
- 1977: Available Online
- 1987: Available Online
Resources on the Web
Published Resources
Eugene N. Parker, "Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar: 1910-1995", Biographical Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences
Kameshwar C. Wali, Chandra: A Biography of S. Chandrasekhar (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1991)
Kameshwar C. Wali, "Chandra: A Biographical Portrait," Physics Today 63 (2010): 38-43
Freeman Dyson, "Chandrasekhar's Role in 20th-Century Science," Physics Today 63 (2010): 44-48.
Robert M. Wald, "Some Memories of Chandra," Physics Today 63 (2010): 49-56
