Maarten Schmidt

Maarten Schmidt
Schmidt in 1978
Born(1929-12-28)28 December 1929
Groningen, Netherlands
Died17 September 2022(2022-09-17) (aged 92)
Fresno, California, U.S.
Nationality
  • American
  • Dutch
Alma materLeiden Observatory
Known forQuasars
Awards
Scientific career
FieldsAstronomy
InstitutionsCalifornia Institute of Technology
Doctoral advisorJan Oort

Maarten Schmidt (28 December 1929 – 17 September 2022) 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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