1952 - 2017
Neil Gehrels American Scientist
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| First Name |
Cornelius
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| Middle Name |
A.
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| Last Name |
Gehrels
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| Full Name at Birth |
Cornelius A. Gehrels
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| Alternative Name |
Neil Gehrels
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| Birthday |
3rd October, 1952
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| Birthplace |
Lake Geneva, Wisconsin, USA
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| Died |
6th February, 2017
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| Place of Death |
Berwyn Heights, Maryland, USA
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| Cause of Death |
Pancreatic cancer
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| Zodiac Sign |
Libra
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| Nationality |
American
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| Occupation Text |
research scientist, professor, lecturer, author
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| Occupation |
Scientist
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Cornelis A. "Neil" Gehrels (October 3, 1952 – February 6, 2017) was an American astrophysicist specializing in the field of gamma-ray astronomy. He was Chief of the Astroparticle Physics Laboratory at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center from 1995 until his death, and was best known for his work developing the field from early balloon instruments to today's space observatories such as the NASA Swift mission, for which he was the Principal Investigator. He was leading the WFIRST (now called the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope) wide-field infrared telescope forward toward a launch in the mid-2020s. He was a member of the National Academy of Sciences and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
