Arnold Wolfendale
Sir Arnold Whittaker Wolfendale FRS[5] (25 June 1927 – 21 December 2020)[1][2][3] was a British astronomer. He was Astronomer Royal from 1991 to 1995. He was Emeritus Professor in the Department of Physics at Durham University[6] and was president of the European Physical Society (1999–2001).[4][7][8][9][10][11] He was President of the Royal Astronomical Society from 1981 to 1983.
Sir Arnold Wolfendale | |
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| Born | 25 June 1927[1] Rugby, Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom[2] |
| Died | 21 December 2020 (aged 93)[3] |
| Nationality | British |
| Alma mater | University of Manchester |
| Known for | Astronomer Royal Cosmic rays[4] |
| Awards | Fellow of the Royal Society (1977)[5] Marian Smoluchowski Medal (1992) Knight Bachelor (1995) FInstP FRAS[1] |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Physics |
| Institutions | University of Manchester Durham University University of Ceylon University of Hong Kong |
| Thesis | The nuclear interactions of mu-mesons (1953) |
| Doctoral students | George Efstathiou |
He was elected a member of the Academia Europaea in 1998.[12]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 WOLFENDALE, Sir Arnold (Whittaker). Who's Who 2013, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 2013; online edn, Oxford University Press.(subscription needed)
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 GRO Register of Births: SEP 1927 6d 1198a RUGBY – Arnold W. Wolfendale, mmn = Hoyle
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 The Times, 30 December, 2020, p49 (Subscription required)
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 100 Years of Comic Rays: A Royal Society Lecture by Sir Arnold Wolfendale at YouTube
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Library and Archive Catalogue Wolfendale. London: The Royal Society.
- ↑ Prof Sir AW Wolfendale - Durham UniversityDurham University. Retrieved 19 December 2013.
- ↑ Sloan, T.. Testing the proposed causal link between cosmic rays and cloud cover. Environmental Research Letters 3 (2) (2008). p. 024001. doi:10.1088/1748-9326/3/2/024001.
- ↑ Wibig, T.. At what particle energy do extragalactic cosmic rays start to predominate?. Journal of Physics G: Nuclear and Particle Physics 31 (3) (2005). p. 255. doi:10.1088/0954-3899/31/3/005.
- ↑ Bhat, C. L.. Cosmic γ rays and the mass of gas in the Galaxy. Nature 314 (6011) (1985). p. 511. doi:10.1038/314511a0.
- ↑ Arnold Wolfendale publications in Google Scholar
- ↑ Prof Sir Arnold Wolfendale, Debretts Biography Archived 2 November 2013 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ Sir Arnold WolfendaleAcademia Europaea.