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[[File:Dorothea Klumpke Roberts00.jpg|thumb|180px|Dorothea Klumpke-Roberts]]
The Klumpke-Roberts Award was established from a bequest [[astronomer]] [[Dorothea Klumpke-Roberts]] and recognizes outstanding contributions to the public understanding and appreciation of astronomy. The award is managed by the [[Astronomical Society of the Pacific]].
[[File:Isaac Roberts.png|thumb|180px|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.<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.
Klumpke-Roberts Award winners are:


== Award winners ==
<table border="3" cellpadding="3">
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]
<tr><th>Year</th><th>Recipient</th></tr>
{{columns-list|colwidth=30em|
<tr><td>[[2004]]</td><td> [[Seth Shostak]]</td></tr>
* 1974 [[Carl Sagan]]
<tr><td>[[2003]]</td><td> [[Hubble Heritage Project]], [[Space Telescope Science Institute]]</td></tr>
* 1975 [[Isaac Asimov]]
<tr><td>[[2002]]</td><td> [[Don Davis]] and [[Jon Lomberg]]</td></tr>
* 1976 [[Chesley Bonestell]]
<tr><td>[[2001]]</td><td> [[Sandi Preston]]</td></tr>
* 1977 [[Fred Hoyle]]
<tr><td>[[2000]]</td><td> [[Jack Horkheimer]]</td></tr>
* 1978 [[Patrick Moore]]
<tr><td>[[1999]]</td><td> [[Stephen P. Maran]]</td></tr>
* 1979 [[William J. Kaufmann]] III
<tr><td>[[1998]]</td><td> [[Julieta Fierro]]</td></tr>
* 1980 [[Walter S. Sullivan|Walter Sullivan]]
<tr><td>[[1997]]</td><td> [[Franklyn M. Branley]]</td></tr>
* 1981 [[Dietrick Thomsen]]
<tr><td>[[1996]]</td><td> [[Terence Dickinson]]</td></tr>
* 1982 [[Bart Bok]]
<tr><td>[[1995]]</td><td> [[Heidi Hammel]]</td></tr>
* 1983 [[Helen Sawyer Hogg]]
<tr><td>[[1994]]</td><td> [[Andrew Fraknoi]]</td></tr>
* 1984 [[Deborah Byrd]]
<tr><td>[[1993]]</td><td> [[David Morrison]]</td></tr>
* 1985 [[James Stokley]]
<tr><td>[[1992]]</td><td> [[Philip Morrison]]</td></tr>
* 1986 [[Timothy Ferris]]
<tr><td>[[1991]]</td><td> [[Richard Berry]]</td></tr>
* 1987 The Editors of ''[[Sky and Telescope]]'' Magazine
<tr><td>[[1990]]</td><td> [[Donald Goldsmith]]</td></tr>
* 1988 [[Joseph Chamberlain (planetarium director)|Joseph M. Chamberlain]]
<tr><td>[[1989]]</td><td> [[E.C. Krupp]]</td></tr>
* 1989 [[Ed Krupp]]
<tr><td>[[1988]]</td><td> [[Joseph Chamberlain]]</td></tr>
* 1990 [[Donald Goldsmith]]
<tr><td>[[1987]]</td><td> The Editors of [[Sky and Telescope Magazine]]</td></tr>
* 1991 [[Richard Berry (astronomer)|Richard Berry]]
<tr><td>[[1986]]</td><td> [[Timothy Ferris]]</td></tr>
* 1992 [[Philip Morrison]]
<tr><td>[[1985]]</td><td> [[James Stokley]]</td></tr>
* 1993 [[David Morrison (astrophysicist)|David Morrison]]
<tr><td>[[1984]]</td><td> [[Deborah Byrd]]</td></tr>
* 1994 [[Andrew Fraknoi]]
<tr><td>[[1983]]</td><td> [[Helen Sawyer Hogg]]</td></tr>
* 1995 [[Heidi Hammel]]
<tr><td>[[1982]]</td><td> [[Bart Bok]]</td></tr>
* 1996 [[Terence Dickinson]]
<tr><td>[[1981]]</td><td> [[Dietrick Thomsen]]</td></tr>
* 1997 [[Franklyn M. Branley]]
<tr><td>[[1980]]</td><td> [[Walter Sullivan]]</td></tr>
* 1998 [[Julieta Norma Fierro Gossman|Julieta Fierro]]
<tr><td>[[1979]]</td><td> [[William Kaufmann]] III</td></tr>
* 1999 [[Stephen P. Maran]]
<tr><td>[[1978]]</td><td> [[Patrick Moore]]</td></tr>
* 2000 [[Jack Horkheimer]]
<tr><td>[[1977]]</td><td> [[Fred Hoyle]]</td></tr>
* 2001 [[Sandi Preston]]
<tr><td>[[1976]]</td><td> [[Chesley Bonestell]]
* 2002 [[Don Davis (artist)|Don Davis]] and [[Jon Lomberg]]
<tr><td>[[1975]]</td><td> [[Isaac Asimov]]</td></tr>
* 2003 [[Hubble Heritage Project]], [[Space Telescope Science Institute]]
<tr><td>[[1974]]</td><td> [[Carl Sagan]]</td></tr>
* 2004 [[Seth Shostak]]
</table>
* 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]]
}}

==See also==

* [[List of astronomy awards]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

[[Category:Astronomy prizes]]
[[Category:Awards established in 1974]]
[[Category:Astronomical Society of the Pacific]]

Latest revision as of 00:02, 15 August 2024

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.
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