Charles Liu

astrophysicist
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Summary

Charles Liu was born on 1968[1] in Taipei[2]. He has worked as an astrophysicist[3] and astronomer[4]. He ranks in the top 0.73% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (948 views/month, #7,274 of 1,000,298).[5]

Key Facts

  • Date of birth: April 5, 1968[6]
  • Country of citizenship: United States[7]
  • Field of work: astrophysics[8]
  • Employer: Hayden Planetarium[9], College of Staten Island[10]
  • Educated at: Harvard University[11], Harvard College[12]
  • Doctoral advisor: Richard Green[13]
  • Member of: American Astronomical Society[14], Astronomical Society of New York[15], International Astronomical Union[16]
  • Sex or gender: male[17]
  • Doctoral student: Stephanie L. Fiorenza[18]
  • Residence: New Jersey[19], Ithaca[20]
  • Family name: Liu[21]
  • Given name: Charles[22]
  • Official website: https://cliuus.wordpress.com/[23]
  • Languages spoken, written or signed: English[24]
  • Writing language: English[25]
  • Social media followers: 2952[26]
  • P14528: 34501[27]

Why It Matters

Charles Liu is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.[28]

FAQs

Where was Charles Liu born?

Charles Liu's place of birth was Taipei[2].

What did Charles Liu do for work?

Charles Liu worked as an astrophysicist[3] and astronomer[4].

Where did Charles Liu go to school?

Charles Liu was educated at Harvard University[11] and Harvard College[12].

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [17] ↑ . Library of Congress Authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [7] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [11] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . Library of Congress Authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [3] ↑ . Library of Congress Authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [4] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [9] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [10] ↑ . ORCID Public Data File 2020. Retrieved . pub.orcid.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  12. [18] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [19] ↑ . Library of Congress Authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [20] ↑ . amnh.org. Retrieved . amnh.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [1] ↑ . data.bibliotheken.nl. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [24] ↑ . Library of Congress Authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  24. [25] ↑ . Library of Congress Authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  25. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [5] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 5d ago · KrBot bot · 2026-10-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Date of birth → +1968-00-00T00:00:00Z, +1968-04-05T00:00:00Z
    National library of poland mms id → 9813704455905606
    Employer → Hayden Planetarium, College of Staten Island
    Occupation → astrophysicist, astronomer
    + 5 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Member of: International Astronomical Union, according to item-requires-statement constraint constraint from P14528"
  2. 8w ago · Simon Villeneuve · 2026-08-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Languages spoken, written or signed → English
    Worldcat entities id → E39PBJvCQ8cBCYC4HH8RX69JjC
    Amazon author id → B00MC61E0K
    Librarything author id → liucharles-1
    + 41 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ P14528: 34501, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/291428118|Charles Liu (#291428118)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7954|IAU member]] #mix'n'm"
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