James B. Kaler
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- 19
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- From the Sun to the Stars
- Wetenschappelijke bibliotheek 38 : Sterren
- Astronomy
- Central Stars Planetary Nebulae
- Stars
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James B. (Jim) Kaler, Professor Emeritus of Astronomy, earned his A.B. at the University of Michigan, his Ph.D. at UCLA, and has been at the University of Illinois since 1964. His research area, in which he published over 120 papers, involved dying stars. Prof. Kaler has held Fulbright and Guggenheim Fellowships, has been awarded medals for his work from the University of Liège in Belgium and the University of Mexico, gave both the Armand Spitz Lecture <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/James+B.
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- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- James
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Albany
- Occupation
- university teacher
- Educated at
- University of California, Los Angeles
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Field of work
- astronomy
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- date of birth
- 1938-12-29
- date of death
- 2022-11-26
- member of
- International Astronomical Union
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