Malcolm Longair
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Malcolm Sim Longair CBE FRS FRSE[5] (born 18 May 1941)[1] is a British physicist. From 1991 to 2008 he was the Jacksonian Professor of Natural Philosophy in the Cavendish Laboratory at the University of Cambridge.[6][7][8][9] Since 2016 he has been Editor-in-Chief of the Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society.[10]
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Born | Malcolm Sim Longair (1941-05-18) 18 May 1941 (age 82)[1] Dundee, Scotland |
Education | Morgan Academy |
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Spouse | [1] |
Awards | Britannica Award (1986)[1] |
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Fields | Natural philosophy |
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Thesis | The evolution of radio galaxies (1967) |
Doctoral advisor | Martin Ryle[2] |
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Website | www |
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