In hmolscience, Allan Sandage (1926-2010) was an American astronomer noted for his 1958 determination of the Hubble constant, the constant that gauges the rate of the expansion of the universe, thereby obtaining the first semi-accurate evidence-based age of the universe measurement in the 14-billion-year range, in contrast to the then presumed 25-million-year age estimates.

Religion
Sandage, of Jewish ethnicity, stated that he was "almost a practicing atheist as a boy". [1]

In circa 1980, Sandage told physicist-minister Hugh Ross, chief of Reasons.org, then serving as minister of Sierra Madre Congregational Church, that he had recently converted to Christianity, after studying the Bible for 35-years, and that to find a suitable church to attend went around and asked the pastors of 66 different churches two questions, namely:

1) Did I believe the Bible to be the error-free word of god, cover to cover, in all respects, including science and history?
2) How old did I believe the universe to be?

and that Ross was the only one who gave him answers “he felt he could endorse”, which is why he joined their church.


The 1985 view of the big bang according to Sandage.

The 1985 view of the big bang according to Sandage.

In 1985, at age 50, during a conference on science and religion, as a Christian, telling the audience that the big bang was a supernatural event, that science had taking us to the “first event”, but it could not take us further to the “first cause”, i.e. the sudden emergence of matter, space, time, and energy, which pointed the need for some kind of transcendence; in 1998, he told a reporter: “It is only through the supernatural that I can understand the mystery of existence.” [1] Thinks science and religion are not in conflict. (Ѻ)

Education
Sandage, supposedly, was the star student of Edwin Hubble, and thereafter carried on the work of his mentor. [2]

Quotes
The following are related quotes:

“There is reluctance to reveal yourself as a believer, the opprobrium is so severe.”
— Allan Sandage (1998), interview [2]

References
1. (a) Begley, Sharon. (1998). “Science Finds God”, Newsweek, Jul 20.
(b) Strobel, Lee. (2004). The Case for a Creator: a Journalist Investigates Scientific Evidence that Points Toward God (pg. 103). Zondervan, 2009.
2. (a) Ross, Hugh. (2013). “Sandage Test Affirms Biblical Creation Model and Constant Laws of Physics” (Ѻ), Reasons.org, Mar 4.
(b) Hugh Ross (creationist) – Wikipedia.

External links
● Allan Sandage – Wikipedia.