Franz Daniel Kahn

Franz Kahn
FRS FRAS
Born
Franz Daniel Kahn

(1926-05-13)13 May 1926
Nuremberg, Germany
Died8 February 1998(1998-02-08) (aged 71)
Resting placeManchester
EducationSt Paul's School, London
Alma materUniversity of Oxford (BA, DPhil)
Spouse
Carla Copeland
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(m. 1951⁠–⁠1981)​
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Scientific career
FieldsAstrophysics
InstitutionsUniversity of Manchester
ThesisSome problems concerning the luminosity and other properties of the upper atmosphere
Doctoral advisorSydney Chapman[1]
Doctoral students

Franz Daniel Kahn FRS FRAS[5] (1926–1998) was a mathematician and astrophysicist at the University of Manchester.[6][7][8] He was Professor of Astronomy from 1966 to 1993, then Emeritus thereafter in the School of Physics and Astronomy.[9]

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  7. ^ H. P., Palmer; Kahn, F.D. (1968). Quasars: their importance in astronomy and physics. Manchester University Press. ISBN 9780719002649. OCLC 500159318.
  8. ^ Terrell, J. (1968). "Quasars. Their Importance in Astronomy and Physics. F. D. Kahn and H. P. Palmer. Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Mass., 1967. xii + 112 pp". Science. 159 (3812): 291–292. doi:10.1126/science.159.3812.291. ISSN 0036-8075.
  9. ^ "KAHN, Prof. Franz Daniel". Who's Who & Who Was Who. Vol. 2017 (online Oxford University Press ed.). Oxford: A & C Black. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)