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Fritz Zwicky

Swiss astronomer
Fritz Zwicky was a Swiss astronomer. He worked most of his life at the California Institute of Technology in the United States of America, where he made many important contributions in theoretical and observational astronomy. Wikipedia
Born: February 14, 1898, Varna, Bulgaria
Died: February 8, 1974 (age 75 years), Pasadena, CA
Discovered: Cartwheel Galaxy
Known for: Dark matter, supernovae, galaxies as gravitational lenses, neutron stars
Education: ETH Zürich (1916–1922)