Roger Blandford
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Roger David Blandford, FRS, FRAS (born 1949) is a British theoretical astrophysicist, best known for his work on black holes.
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Roger David Blandford | |
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Born | (1949-08-28) 28 August 1949 (age 74) Grantham, Lincolnshire, England |
Alma mater | Magdalene College, Cambridge St John's College, Cambridge Institute for Advanced Study |
Awards | Helen B. Warner Prize (1982) Dannie Heineman Prize for Astrophysics (1998) Eddington Medal (1999) Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society (2013) Shaw Prize (2020) |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Astronomy |
Institutions | California Institute of Technology Stanford Linear Accelerator Center Stanford University Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology |
Doctoral advisor | Martin Rees |
Doctoral students | Lars Hernquist |
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