David Merritt

Summary

David Merritt is a human^[1]. He was born on +1955-01-01T00:00:00Z^[2]. He worked as an astronomer^[3], astrophysicist^[4], university teacher^[5], and scientist^[6]. He ranks in the top 0.73% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (13 views/month, #7,288 of 1,000,298).^[7]

Key Facts

• David Merritt was born on +1955-01-01T00:00:00Z^[2].
• David Merritt held citizenship in United States^[8].
• David Merritt worked as an astronomer^[3].
• David Merritt worked as an astrophysicist^[4].
• David Merritt worked as a university teacher^[5].
• David Merritt's professions included scientist^[6].
• David Merritt's field of work was astrophysics^[9].
• David Merritt's field of work was galaxy^[10].
• David Merritt's field of work was black hole^[11].
• Among David Merritt's employers was Rochester Institute of Technology^[12].
• David Merritt was educated at Princeton University^[13].
• David Merritt's doctoral advisor was Jeremiah P. Ostriker^[14].
• David Merritt's image is recorded as David R. Merritt.jpg^[15].
• David Merritt is recorded as male^[16].
• David Merritt's instance of is recorded as human^[17].
• David Merritt's ISNI is recorded as 000000011641648X^[18].
• David Merritt's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 51770374^[19].
• David Merritt's GND ID is recorded as 1038772214^[20].
• David Merritt's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as nr89014361^[21].
• David Merritt's IdRef ID is recorded as 032852932^[22].
• David Merritt's ORCID iD is recorded as 0000-0002-9339-1551^[23].
• David Merritt's Mathematics Genealogy Project ID is recorded as 165710^[24].
• David Merritt's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/05403t3^[25].
• David Merritt's NL CR AUT ID is recorded as ntk20211098989^[26].
• David Merritt's family name is recorded as Merritt^[27].

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Origins and Family

David Merritt was born on +1955-01-01T00:00:00Z^[2].

Education

David Merritt's education included a stint at Princeton University^[13]. His doctoral advisor was Jeremiah P. Ostriker^[14].

Career and Affiliations

Recorded occupations include astronomer^[3], astrophysicist^[4], university teacher^[5], and scientist^[6]. Fields of work include astrophysics^[9], a branch of astronomy^[28]; galaxy^[10], an astronomical object type^[29]; and black hole^[11], an astronomical object type^[30]. David Merritt was employed by Rochester Institute of Technology^[12].

Why It Matters

David Merritt ranks in the top 0.73% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (13 views/month, #7,288 of 1,000,298).^[7] He has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[31] He is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[32]

FAQs

What did David Merritt do for work?

David Merritt worked as astronomer^[3], astrophysicist^[4], university teacher^[5], and scientist^[6].

Where did David Merritt go to school?

David Merritt was educated at Princeton University^[13].