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The '''Klumpke-Roberts Award''', one of seven international and national awards for service to astronomy and astronomy education given by the [[Astronomical Society of the Pacific]], was established from a bequest by [[astronomer]] [[Dorothea Klumpke-Roberts]] to honor her husband [[Isaac Roberts]] and her parents.
The '''Klumpke-Roberts Award''', one of seven international and national awards for service to astronomy and astronomy education given by the [[Astronomical Society of the Pacific]], was established from a bequest by [[astronomer]] [[Dorothea Klumpke-Roberts]] to honor her husband [[Isaac Roberts]] and her parents.


It recognizes outstanding contributions to the public understanding and appreciation of astronomy.<ref> {{cite web|url = https://www.astrosociety.org/about-us/awards/|title= Annual Awards|publisher= Astronomical Society of the Pacific|accessdate = 17 December 2014}} </ref> It is open to "individuals involved in science, education, writing/publishing, broadcasting, astronomy popularization, the arts, or other pursuits" from all nations and is the most prestigious award of its kind.
It recognizes outstanding contributions to the public understanding and appreciation of astronomy.<ref> {{cite web|url = https://astrosociety.org/who-we-are/awards/klumpke-roberts-award.html|title= Klumpke-Roberts Award|publisher= Astronomical Society of the Pacific|accessdate = 18 February 2020}} </ref> It is open to "individuals involved in science, education, writing/publishing, broadcasting, astronomy popularization, the arts, or other pursuits" from all nations and is the most prestigious award of its kind.


== Award winners ==
== Award winners ==
Source: [http://www.astrosociety.org/about-us/past-recipients-of-the-klumpke-roberts-award/ Astronomical Society of the Pacific]
Source: [https://astrosociety.org/who-we-are/awards/klumpke-roberts-award.html/title/past-recipients-of-the-klumpke-roberts-award Astronomical Society of the Pacific]
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* 2017 [[Paul A. Delaney]], York University
* 2016 [[Chris Impey]], University of Arizona College of Science
* 2015 [[Robert J. Nemiroff]], Michigan Technological University and [[Jerry Bonnell]], University of Maryland
* 2014 [[Dennis Schatz]]
* 2013 [[Mary Kay Hemenway]]
* 2012 [[Ian Ridpath]]
* 2011 [[Paul Davies]]
* 2010 [[Marcia Bartusiak]]
* 2009 [[Isabel Hawkins]]
* 2008 [[Dava Sobel]]
* 2007 [[Noreen Grice]]
* 2006 [[Jeffrey Rosendhal]]
* 2005 [[Jeff Goldstein (astrophysicist)|Jeff Goldstein]]
* 2004 [[Seth Shostak]]
* 2003 [[Hubble Heritage Project]], [[Space Telescope Science Institute]]
* 2002 [[Don Davis (artist)|Don Davis]] and [[Jon Lomberg]]
* 2001 [[Sandi Preston]]
* 2000 [[Jack Horkheimer]]
* 1999 [[Stephen P. Maran]]
* 1998 [[Julieta Fierro]]
* 1997 [[Franklyn M. Branley]]
* 1996 [[Terence Dickinson]]
* 1995 [[Heidi Hammel]]
* 1994 [[Andrew Fraknoi]]
* 1993 [[David Morrison (astrophysicist)|David Morrison]]
* 1992 [[Philip Morrison]]
* 1991 [[Richard Berry (astronomer)|Richard Berry]]
* 1990 [[Donald Goldsmith]]
* 1989 [[Ed Krupp]]
* 1988 [[Joseph Chamberlain (planetarium director)|Joseph Chamberlain]]
* 1987 The Editors of ''[[Sky and Telescope]]'' Magazine
* 1986 [[Timothy Ferris]]
* 1985 [[James Stokley]]
* 1984 [[Deborah Byrd]]
* 1983 [[Helen Sawyer Hogg]]
* 1982 [[Bart Bok]]
* 1981 [[Dietrick Thomsen]]
* 1980 [[Walter S. Sullivan|Walter Sullivan]]
* 1979 [[William J. Kaufmann]] III
* 1978 [[Patrick Moore]]
* 1977 [[Fred Hoyle]]
* 1976 [[Chesley Bonestell]]
* 1975 [[Isaac Asimov]]
* 1974 [[Carl Sagan]]
* 1974 [[Carl Sagan]]
* 1975 [[Isaac Asimov]]
* 1976 [[Chesley Bonestell]]
* 1977 [[Fred Hoyle]]
* 1978 [[Patrick Moore]]
* 1979 [[William J. Kaufmann]] III
* 1980 [[Walter S. Sullivan|Walter Sullivan]]
* 1981 [[Dietrick Thomsen]]
* 1982 [[Bart Bok]]
* 1983 [[Helen Sawyer Hogg]]
* 1984 [[Deborah Byrd]]
* 1985 [[James Stokley]]
* 1986 [[Timothy Ferris]]
* 1987 The Editors of ''[[Sky and Telescope]]'' Magazine
* 1988 [[Joseph Chamberlain (planetarium director)|Joseph M. Chamberlain]]
* 1989 [[Ed Krupp]]
* 1990 [[Donald Goldsmith]]
* 1991 [[Richard Berry (astronomer)|Richard Berry]]
* 1992 [[Philip Morrison]]
* 1993 [[David Morrison (astrophysicist)|David Morrison]]
* 1994 [[Andrew Fraknoi]]
* 1995 [[Heidi Hammel]]
* 1996 [[Terence Dickinson]]
* 1997 [[Franklyn M. Branley]]
* 1998 [[Julieta Norma Fierro Gossman|Julieta Fierro]]
* 1999 [[Stephen P. Maran]]
* 2000 [[Jack Horkheimer]]
* 2001 [[Sandi Preston]]
* 2002 [[Don Davis (artist)|Don Davis]] and [[Jon Lomberg]]
* 2003 [[Hubble Heritage Project]], [[Space Telescope Science Institute]]
* 2004 [[Seth Shostak]]
* 2005 [[Jeff Goldstein (astrophysicist)|Jeff Goldstein]]
* 2006 [[Jeffrey Rosendhal]]
* 2007 [[Noreen Grice]]
* 2008 [[Dava Sobel]]
* 2009 [[Isabel Hawkins]]
* 2010 [[Marcia Bartusiak]]
* 2011 [[Paul Davies]]
* 2012 [[Ian Ridpath]]
* 2013 [[Mary Kay Hemenway]]
* 2014 [[Dennis Schatz]]
* 2015 [[Robert J. Nemiroff]], Michigan Technological University and [[Jerry Bonnell]], University of Maryland
* 2016 [[Chris Impey]], University of Arizona College of Science
* 2017 [[Paul A. Delaney]], York University
* 2019 [[Jay Pasachoff]], Williams College
* 2021 [[Lars Lindberg Christensen]]
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==See also==

* [[List of astronomy awards]]


==References==
==References==
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Dorothea Klumpke-Roberts
Isaac Roberts

The Klumpke-Roberts Award, one of seven international and national awards for service to astronomy and astronomy education given by the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, was established from a bequest by astronomer Dorothea Klumpke-Roberts to honor her husband Isaac Roberts and her parents.

It recognizes outstanding contributions to the public understanding and appreciation of astronomy.[1] It is open to "individuals involved in science, education, writing/publishing, broadcasting, astronomy popularization, the arts, or other pursuits" from all nations and is the most prestigious award of its kind.

Award winners

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Source: Astronomical Society of the Pacific

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Klumpke-Roberts Award". Astronomical Society of the Pacific. Retrieved 18 February 2020.