Michael Rowan-Robinson

Michael Rowan-Robinson
Born
Geoffrey Michael Rowan-Robinson[4]

(1942-07-09)9 July 1942[4]
England
EducationEshton Hall School[4]
Alma materUniversity of Cambridge (BA)
Royal Holloway, University of London (PhD)[2][5]
AwardsFred Hoyle Medal and Prize (2008)
Scientific career
InstitutionsImperial College London
Gresham College
ThesisOn the structure and distribution of quasi-stellar radio-sources (1969)
Doctoral advisorWilliam McCrea[1]
Doctoral studentsBrian May[2][3]
Websiteastro.ic.ac.uk/home/mrrobinson

(Geoffrey) Michael Rowan-Robinson FRAS FInstP (born 9 July 1942)[4] is an astronomer, astrophysicist and Professor of Astrophysics at Imperial College London. He previously served as head of the astrophysics group until May 2007 and from 1981 to 1982, and as Gresham Professor of Astronomy.[4][6]

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  3. ^ May, Brian Harold (2008). A survey of radial velocities in the zodiacal dust cloud. ethos.bl.uk (PhD thesis). Imperial College London. Bibcode:2008srvz.book.....M. doi:10.1007/978-0-387-77706-1. hdl:10044/1/1333. ISBN 9780387777054. OCLC 754716941. Open access icon
  4. ^ a b c d e "ROWAN-ROBINSON, Prof. (Geoffrey) Michael". Who's Who. Vol. 1997 (online Oxford University Press ed.). Oxford: A & C Black. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  5. ^ "Professor Michael Rowan-Robinson". ic.ac.uk. Imperial College London. Archived from the original on 12 March 2017.
  6. ^ Rowan-Robinson, Michael (2017). "Michael Rowan-Robinson CV" (PDF). astro.ic.ac.uk. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 May 2015.