F. J. M. Stratton

F. J. M. Stratton
Born16 October 1881
Edgbaston, England
Died2 September 1960 (1960-09-03) (aged 78)
Cambridge, England
AllegianceUnited Kingdom United Kingdom
Service / branch British Army
Years of service1910–1945
RankLieutenant-Colonel
Battles / warsWorld War I
World War II
AwardsTerritorial Decoration
Officer of the Order of the British Empire
Distinguished Service Order

Lieutenant-Colonel Frederick John Marrian Stratton DSO OBE DL TD FRS PRAS[1] (16 October 1881 – 2 September 1960) was a British astrophysicist, Professor of Astrophysics (1909) at the University of Cambridge from 1928 to 1947 and a decorated British Army officer.

  1. ^ Chadwick, J. (1961). "Frederick John Marrian Stratton. 1881-1960". Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society. 7: 280–293. doi:10.1098/rsbm.1961.0022. S2CID 72978937.