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May 14, 1916
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October 3, 2012
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Robert F. Christy (14 May 1916 – 3 October 2012) was a Canadian-American physicist and astronomer. He was born in Vancouver and held citizenship in both Canada and the United States. Christy studied at the University of British Columbia and later pursued his education at the University of California, Berkeley. J. Robert Oppenheimer served as his doctoral advisor, and Christy later advised doctoral student James Edwin O'Reilly. His occupation involved work in both physics and astronomy. Christy passed away in Pasadena, California on 3 October 2012.
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