Historical biography archive · Updated 2026-11-03

Maarten Schmidt Biography and Timeline

Follow Maarten Schmidt through 1 dated historical records for United States of America.

Maarten Schmidt, historical timeline

A chronological timeline drawn from matching World History Database records.

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1963–1963Years on this page

1963

Quasars

Astronomer · Palomar Observatory · Science / Astronomy

Schmidt identifies the redshift of quasar 3C 273, opening new relativistic astrophysics questions

Records, sources and methodology

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