John Norris Bahcall (1934 - 2005)

Born 30 Dec 1934 in Shreveport, Louisiana

Died 17 Aug 2005 at age 70 in New York City, New York

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Biography

John Bahcall is Notable.

John N Bahcall was an astrophysicist known for his work on the solar neutrino problem and for his role in ensuring the construction and survival of the Hubble Space Telescope.

He was born in Shreveport, La., on Dec. 30, 1934 and died in 2005.

He married Neta Assaf in 1966, they had three children:

In addition to his wife and his son Safi, he is survived by his daughter, Orli, of New York; a son, Dan, of Berkeley, Calif.; and a brother, Robert, of Baton Rouge, La.

Research Notes

Obituary from Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society has: passed away in Pasadena, California, on 17 August 2005. Parents as Mildred and Malcolm Bahcall, brother Robert Bahcall (now deceased, so died between 2005 and 2007).

Sources

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_N._Bahcall

Details of his wife and children: https://web.astro.princeton.edu/people/neta-bahcall

Obituary: https://www.nytimes.com/2005/08/19/nyregion/john-n-bahcall-70-dies-astrophysicist-at-princeton.html and Striker and Bahcall(2007)]{2007BAAS...39.1053S} Striker, J.~P., Bahcall, N.~A.\ 2007.\ Obituary: John Norris Bahcall, 1934-2005.\ Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society 39, 1053.