Published “The PHQ-8 as a measure of current depression in the general population” in Journal of Affective Disorders — cited 4,626 times.
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Lyman Spitzer
Lyman Spitzer Jr. was an American theoretical physicist, astronomer and mountaineer. As a scientist, he carried out research into star formation and plasma physics and in 1946 conceived the idea of telescopes operating in outer space. Spitzer invented the stellarator plasma device and is the namesake of NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope. As a mountaineer, he made the first ascent of Mount Thor, with…
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science · American astronomer (1914–1997) · astronomer · astrophysicist · physicist · university teacher · also Lyman Spitzer, Lyman Strong Spitzer, Jr., Spitzer
Born 26 June 1914 · Died 31 March 1997 · Q431503
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2006· 1 entry
Published “A Brief Measure for Assessing Generalized Anxiety Disorder” in Archives of Internal Medicine — cited 29,134 times.
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2003· 1 entry
Published “The Patient Health Questionnaire-2” in Medical Care — cited 5,635 times.
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2002· 1 entry
Published “The PHQ-9: A New Depression Diagnostic and Severity Measure” in Psychiatric Annals — cited 4,954 times.
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2001· 1 entry
Published “The PHQ-9” in Journal of General Internal Medicine — cited 39,672 times.
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1999· 1 entry
Published “Validation and Utility of a Self-report Version of PRIME-MD<SUBTITLE>The PHQ Primary Care Study</SUBTITLE>” in JAMA — cited 8,302 times.
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1997· 2 entries
Died 1997-03-31.
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After completing a regular day of work at Princeton University
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1990· 1 entry
Awarded Foreign Member of the Royal Society (1990).
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1989· 1 entry
Won James Madison Medal (1989).
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1985· 1 entry
Awarded Crafoord Prize in Astronomy (1985).
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1981· 1 entry
Spitzer became a founding member of the World Cultural Council
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1980· 2 entries
Awarded Prix Jules Janssen (1980).
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Won Franklin Medal (1980).
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1979· 1 entry
Won National Medal of Science (1979).
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1978· 3 entries
Won Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society (1978).
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Published “Research Diagnostic Criteria” in Archives of General Psychiatry — cited 5,015 times.
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“Physical Processes in the Interstellar Medium”
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1975· 2 entries
Won Karl Schwarzschild Medal (1975).
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Awarded James Clerk Maxwell Prize for Plasma Physics (1975).
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1974· 2 entries
Won Henry Draper Medal (1974).
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Awarded Karl G. Jansky Lectureship (1974).
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1973· 1 entry
Won Bruce Medal (1973).
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1965· 1 entry
Spitzer and Donald Morton became the first to climb Mount Thor 1,675 m (5,495 ft), located in Auyuittuq National Park, on Baffin Island, Nunavut, Canada
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1960· 1 entry
Career landmark: chairperson (1960–1962).
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1953· 2 entries
Awarded Henry Norris Russell Lectureship (1953).
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Awarded Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (1953).
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1947· 1 entry
At the age of 33, he succeeded Russell as director of Princeton University Observatory, an institution that, virtually jointly with his contemporary and friend Martin Schwarzschild, he continued to head until 1979
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1946· 1 entry
Conceived the idea of telescopes operating in outer space
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1938· 2 entries
Studied at Princeton University (1936–1938).
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After completing a doctoral dissertation, titled "The spectra of late supergiant stars", under the direction of Henry Norris Russell
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1936· 1 entry
Studied at St John's College (1935–1936).
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1935· 1 entry
Studied at Yale College (1931–1935).
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1931· 1 entry
Studied at Phillips Academy (1931).
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1914· 1 entry
Born 1914-06-26.
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