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          Martin Schwarzschild (May 31, – April 10, ) was a German-American astrophysicist..

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          Martin Schwarzschild (May 31, 1912 – April 10, 1997) was a German-American astrophysicist.

          Biography

          Schwarzschild was born in Potsdam into a distinguished German Jewish academic family.

          His father was the physicist Karl Schwarzschild and his uncle the astrophysicist Robert Emden. His sister, Agathe Thornton, became a classics scholar in New Zealand.

          In line with a request in his father's will, his family moved to Göttingen in 1916.

          Schwarzschild studied at the University of Göttingen and took his doctoral examination in December 1936.

          Martin Schwarzschild was a German-American astrophysicist.

        1. Martin Schwarzschild was a German-American astrophysicist.
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        3. Martin Schwarzschild (May 31, – April 10, ) was a German-American astrophysicist.
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          6. He left Germany in 1936 for Norway and then the United States. Schwarzschild served in the US army intelligence. He was awarded the Legion of Merit and the Bronze Star for his wartime service. After returning to the US, he married fellow astronomer Barbara Cherry (1914–2008).

          In 1947, Martin Schwarzschild joined his lifelong friend, Lyman Spitzer at Princeton University. Spitzer died 10 days before Schwarzschi