Allan Sandage Scientist

Allan Rex Sandage (June 18, 1926 – November 13, 2010) was an American astronomer. He was Staff Member Emeritus with the Carnegie Observatories in Pasadena, California. He determined the first reasonably accurate values for the Hubble constant and the age of the universe. He also discovered the first quasar.

Personal facts

Alias (AKA)	Allan Rex Sandage
Birth date	June 18, 1926
Birth place	Iowa City Iowa
Nationality	United States
Date of death	November 13, 2010
Place of death	San Gabriel California
Education	California Institute of Technology University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign
Known for	Cosmology