Arnold Wolfendale
Arnold Wolfendale | |
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| Born | 25 June 1927 Rugby, Warwickshire, England, UK |
| Died | 21 December 2020 (aged 93) Durham, England, |
| Citizenship | British |
| Alma mater | University of Manchester |
| Known for | Astronomer Royal Cosmic rays |
| Spouses | Audrey Darby (m. 1951–2007)Dorothy Middleton (m. 2015) |
| Awards | FInstP (1958) FRAS (1973) Fellow of the Royal Society (1977) Marian Smoluchowski Medal (1992) Knight Bachelor (1995) Homi Bhabha Medal and Prize (2011) |
| 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 |
| 14th Astronomer Royal | |
| In office 1991–1995 | |
| Preceded by | Francis Graham Smith |
| Succeeded by | Martin Rees |
Sir Arnold Whittaker Wolfendale (25 June 1927 – 21 December 2020) was a British astronomer who served as the fourteenth Astronomer Royal from 1991 to 1995. He was Professor of Physics at Durham University from 1965 until 1992 and served as president of the European Physical Society (1999–2001). He was president of the Royal Astronomical Society from 1981 to 1983.