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American astronomer (1916–2000) For the American Reform rabbi, see Herbert A. Friedman. For the American ornithologist, see Herbert Friedmann.

Herbert Friedman
Born	June 21, 1916 Brooklyn, New York, NY
Died	September 9, 2000 Arlington County, VA
Alma mater	Brooklyn College, Johns Hopkins University
Scientific career
Fields	X-ray astronomy
Institutions	Naval Research Laboratory (NRL)

Herbert Friedman (June 21, 1916 – September 9, 2000) was an American physicist and astronomer who did research in X-ray astronomy. During his career Friedman published hundreds of scientific papers. One such example is "Ultraviolet and X Rays from the Sun". Friedman worked at the Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) the entirety of his professional career, from 1940-1980. He was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the United States National Academy of Sciences in 1960. He received the Eddington Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society in 1964. That same year, he was elected to the American Philosophical Society. In 1987 he was awarded the Wolf Prize in Physics “for pioneering investigations in solar X-rays”.

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Friedman, Herbert (1963). "Ultraviolet and X Rays from the Sun". Annual Review of Astronomy and Astrophysics. 1: 59–96. Bibcode:1963ARA&A...1...59F. doi:10.1146/annurev.aa.01.090163.000423. Retrieved August 5, 2021.
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