Nicholas B. Suntzeff
- January 10, 2024
- Astronomer
Quick Facts
| Full Name | Nicholas B. Suntzeff |
| Occupation | Astronomer |
| Date Of Birth | Nov 22, 1952(1952-11-22) |
| Age | 72 |
| Birthplace | San Francisco |
| Country | United States |
| Birth City | California |
| Horoscope | Scorpio |
Nicholas B. Suntzeff Biography
| Name | Nicholas B. Suntzeff |
| Birthday | Nov 22 |
| Birth Year | 1952 |
| Place Of Birth | San Francisco |
| Home Town | California |
| Birth Country | United States |
| Birth Sign | Scorpio |
Nicholas B. Suntzeff is one of the most popular and richest Astronomer who was born on November 22, 1952 in San Francisco, California, United States.
Although not supporters of the White cause, for their safety the family of Matvei fled east with Admiral Kolchak, the White Army, and the Czech Legion when the Whites captured Perm in 1918. Matvei died at Manchurian Station (Manzhouli) near Chita. His only child, Nicholai Matveevich Evdiokimov (1918–1995) (Russian: Николай Матвеевич Евдокимов) continued with Matvei’s wife Zoya Vasilevna Suntzeva (Russian: Зоя Васильевна Сунцевa) (1897–1976), with the Suntzeff family to Harbin China and then to the San Francisco in
- Nicholai assumed the last name of his mother and immigrated into the US as Nicholas Matveevich Suntzeff (Russian: Николай Матвеевич Сунцев). The Suntzeff family, prominent merchants from the Ural region, came from Motovilikha (now part of Perm, Russia) and have ancestry in the Udmurt people. A bridge “Сунцев мост” in Motovilikha was named after the family store nearby.
Nicholas B. Suntzeff (born November 22, 1952, San Francisco) is an American University Distinguished Professor and holds the Mitchell/Heep/Munnerlyn Chair of Observational Astronomy in the Department of Physics & Astronomy at Texas A&M University where he is Director of the Astronomy Program. He is an observational astronomer specializing in cosmology, supernovae, stellar populations, and astronomical instrumentation. With Brian Schmidt he founded the High-z Supernova Search Team, which was honored with the Nobel Prize in Physics in 2011 to Schmidt and Adam Riess.
Nicholas B. Suntzeff Net Worth
| Net Worth | $5 Million |
| Source Of Income | Astronomer |
| House | Living in own house. |
Nicholas B. Suntzeff is one of the richest Astronomer from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Nicholas B. Suntzeff 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)
He is a native of San Francisco and grew up in Corte Madera, California. He is the paternal grandson of Matvei Andrianovich Evdokimov (1887–1920) (Russian: Матвей Андрианович Евдокимов), one of the principal private arms manufacturers in czarist Russia, located in Izhevsk. The Evdokimov factory in Izhevsk began in the 1860s by Andrian Nikandrovich Evdokimov (1844–1917 (Russian: Андриан Никандрович Евдокимов), and by 1890, was manufacturing Mosin–Nagant and Berdan rifles. They continued production until the Russian Civil War in 1917. These rifles were used during the Revolution and World War I, and were retooled for use during World War II, especially by the Finnish Army.
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Prior to 2006, he was the Associate Director of Science at the US National Optical Astronomy Observatory, and Astronomer at Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory. In 2007, he was elected Councilor of the American Astronomical Society, and in 2010, he was elected Vice President of the same society. He has been awarded a 2010 Jefferson Senior Science Fellowship of the National Academy of Sciences to work at the US Department of State where he is a Humanitarian Affairs Officer in the Bureau of Human Rights of the Office of International Organization Affairs. He is also an Adjunct Professor in the Department of Astronomy at the University of Texas at Austin.
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Ong Ranked on the list of most popular Astronomer. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Nicholas B. Suntzeff celebrates birthday on November 22 of every year.