David H. Levy

Canadian astronomer (born 1948)

Person human Q375311

Facts

16 properties

Instance of: human
Sex or gender: male^[12]
Date of birth: May 22, 1948
Place of birth: Montreal
Country of citizenship: United States^[4]
Occupation: astronomer
Field of work: astronomy^[5]
Educated at: Acadia University, Queen's University, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Westmount High School, Roslyn Elementary School^[6]^[7]^[8]^[9]^[10]
Notable work: discoverer of asteroids^[11]
Official website: www.jarnac.org^[16]
Languages spoken, written or signed: English^[17]
Birth name: David Howard Levy^[18]
Different from: David Levy^[19]
Family name: Levy^[14]
Given name: David^[15]
Residence: Vail^[13]

🏷️ Also known as

en David H. Levy en David Levy ar دايفيد لافي cs David Levy es David H. Levy es David H Levy fa دیوید لوی fr David Levy he דייוויד לוי id David Howard Levy it David H. Levy ja デイビッド・レヴィ ja ディヴィッド・レヴィ ja デイビッド・レビー ja デヴィッド・レヴィ pl David H. Levy pt David Levy ru David H. Levy ru Дэвид Леви ru Леви, Дэвид

🔖 Identifiers · 35

ISNI: 0000000138814972
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-9939-1800
VIAF cluster ID: 41920764
Library of Congress authority ID: n85011080
GND ID: 172495687
BIBSYS ID: 90587979
BNB person ID (OBSOLETE): LevyDavidH1948-
Babelio author ID: 167999
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID: 12380073t
CBDB.cz author ID: 5190
CONOR.SI ID: 15232611
CiNii Research ID: 1140000791798050048

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DDB person (GND) ID: 172495687
Databazeknih.cz author ID: 57826
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID: biography/David-H-Levy
FAST ID: 147569
Freebase ID: /m/02t411
IdRef ID: 032851154
JudaicaLink person (GND) ID: 172495687
KBR person ID: 14065173
NACSIS-CAT author ID: DA03171848
NDL Authority ID: 00547481
NL CR AUT ID: mzk2003181794
NLP ID: a0000001130766
NUKAT ID: n96022909
National Library of Israel J9U ID: 987007264541705171
National Library of Latvia ID: 000084530
National Library of Poland MMS ID: 9810584673405606
National Virtual Library of India ID: 406803, 1130303
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID: 119583232
Obálky knih ID: mzk2003181794
SVKKL authority ID: 0223814-Levy-David-H-1948
Wellcome Collection concept ID: m2xz82gj
WorldCat Entities ID: E39PBJgd8kqRBc8TmcgcXy8t8C
Yale LUX ID: person/2de51a0f-db91-48cc-a3a6-79ceb0bcc9d4

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🔗 Connections

← Discoverer or inventor 61

Comet Shoemaker–Levy 9, 5261 Eureka, 6670 Wallach, 6398 Timhunter, 6715 Sheldonmarks, 7344 Summerfield, 9070 Ensab, 9083 Ramboehm +53 more

Educated at 4

Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Queen's University, Acadia University, Westmount High School

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Dr. T & the Women, Monster in the Closet

Country of citizenship 1

United States

Different from 1

David Levy

Family name 1

Levy

Field of work 1

astronomy

Given name 1

David

Instance of 1

human

Languages spoken, written or signed 1

English

Named after 1

Comet Shoemaker–Levy 9

Occupation 1

astronomer

Place of birth 1

Montreal

Residence 1

Vail

Sex or gender 1

male

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Summary

David H. Levy was born on May 22, 1948^[1], in Montreal^[2]. He has worked as an astronomer^[3].

Why It Matters

He is credited with the discovery of Comet Shoemaker–Levy 9^[20], a comet^[21]; 5261 Eureka^[22], an asteroid^[23]; 13123 Tyson^[24], an asteroid^[25]; 255P/Levy^[26], a periodic comet^[27]; (99907) 1989 VA^[28], an asteroid^[29]; and 118P/Shoemaker–Levy^[30], a periodic comet^[31].

FAQs

Where was David H. Levy born?

David H. Levy was born in Montreal^[2].

What did David H. Levy do for work?

David H. Levy worked as an astronomer^[3].

Where did David H. Levy go to school?

David H. Levy was educated at Acadia University^[6], Queen's University^[7], Hebrew University of Jerusalem^[8], and Westmount High School^[9].

What did David H. Levy discover?

David H. Levy is credited as discoverer of Comet Shoemaker–Levy 9^[20], 5261 Eureka^[22], 13123 Tyson^[24], and 255P/Levy^[26].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

[2] ↑ David H. Levy — place of birth (P19): Montreal. britannica.com. britannica.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[12] ↑ David H. Levy — sex or gender (P21): male. wikidata.org.
[4] ↑ David H. Levy — country of citizenship (P27): United States. wikidata.org.
[6] ↑ David H. Levy — educated at (P69): Acadia University. wikidata.org.
[7] ↑ David H. Levy — educated at (P69): Queen's University. wikidata.org.
[8] ↑ David H. Levy — educated at (P69): Hebrew University of Jerusalem. wikidata.org.
[9] ↑ David H. Levy — educated at (P69): Westmount High School. wikidata.org.
[10] ↑ David H. Levy — educated at (P69): Roslyn Elementary School. wikidata.org.
[5] ↑ David H. Levy — field of work (P101): astronomy. wikidata.org.
[3] ↑ David H. Levy — occupation (P106): astronomer. wikidata.org.
[13] ↑ David H. Levy — residence (P551): Vail. wikidata.org.
[1] ↑ David H. Levy — date of birth (P569): May 22, 1948. Babelio. wikidata.org.
[14] ↑ David H. Levy — family name (P734): Levy. wikidata.org.
[15] ↑ David H. Levy — given name (P735): David. wikidata.org.
[11] ↑ David H. Levy — notable work (P800): discoverer of asteroids. wikidata.org.
[16] ↑ David H. Levy — official website (P856): http://www.jarnac.org/. wikidata.org.
[17] ↑ David H. Levy — languages spoken, written or signed (P1412): English. BnF authorities. Retrieved 2015-10-10. wikidata.org.
[18] ↑ David H. Levy — birth name (P1477): David Howard Levy. wikidata.org.
[19] ↑ David H. Levy — different from (P1889): David Levy. wikidata.org.

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[21] ↑ Comet Shoemaker–Levy 9 — P31: comet. Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
[23] ↑ 5261 Eureka — P31: asteroid. Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
[25] ↑ 13123 Tyson — P31: asteroid. Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
[27] ↑ 255P/Levy — P31: periodic comet. Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
[29] ↑ (99907) 1989 VA — P31: asteroid. Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
[31] ↑ 118P/Shoemaker–Levy — P31: periodic comet. Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

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