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Wilbur Norman Christiansen, Australian astronomer and engineer (died 2007)
Wilbur Norman "Chris" Christiansen was a pioneer Australian radio astronomer and electrical engineer. Christiansen built the first grating array for scanning the sun at the radio astronomy field station at Potts Hill, New South Wales. Along with Ronald Drayton Brown, he was awarded the Syme Prize Medal for 1959.
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Wilbur Norman Christiansen was born in 1913. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.
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| Measure | 1913 | 2026 |
|---|---|---|
| Postage stamp | $0.02 | $0.73 |
| Population | 96.0M | 341 million |
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