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Who was the professorship at the University of Chicago named after that Chandrasekhar held?

  • Morton D. Hull

  • Albert Einstein

  • Richard Feynman

  • Enrico Fermi

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Chandrasekhar was appointed Morton D. Hull Professor of Theoretical Physics at the University of Chicago in 1952. The professorship was named after Morton D. Hull, who was a theoretical physicist who studied black holes. Chandrasekhar was a leading figure in the study of black holes and made important contributions to our understanding of them.
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