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Categories: 20th-century American astronomers, Recipients of the Lalande Prize, 1969 deaths, Members of the United States National Academy of Sciences, People from Flagstaff, Arizona
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Vesto M. Slipher  Vesto Slipher  V. M. Slipher  V. Slipher  Vesto M.Slipher
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Vesto Melvin Slipher was an American astronomer who performed the first measurements of radial velocities for galaxies. Wikipedia
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Vesto Melvin Slipher was an American astronomer who performed the first measurements of radial velocities for galaxies. Wikipedia
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homo
ACADEMIC DEGREE
Doctor of Sciences
AWARD RECEIVED
Lalande Prize
Bruce Medal
Henry Draper Medal
Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society
COUNTRY OF CITIZENSHIP
United States
EDUCATED AT
Indiana University
Indiana University Bloomington
EMPLOYER
Lowell Observatory
FAMILY NAME
Slipher
FIELD OF WORK
astronomy
GIVEN NAME
Melvin
INTERESTED IN
astronomy
LANGUAGES SPOKEN, WRITTEN OR SIGNED
English
MEMBER OF
National Academy of Sciences
American Association for the Advancement of Science
American Academy of Arts and Sciences
NOTABLE WORK
red shift
OCCUPATION
astronomer
PLACE OF BIRTH
Mulberry, Indiana
PLACE OF DEATH
Flagstaff
RESIDENCE
United States
SEX OR GENDER
male
SIBLING
Earl C. Slipher
WRITING LANGUAGE
English
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Vesto M. Slipher
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Vesto Slipher
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V. M. Slipher, V. Slipher, Vesto M.Slipher, Vesto Melvin Slipher, Vesto Slipher
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Vesto Melvin Slipher

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