John A. Peacock

John Peacock
Peacock in 1989
Born
John Andrew Peacock

(1956-03-27) 27 March 1956 (age 68)
Shaftesbury, England
Alma materJesus College, Cambridge
Known forLarge-scale structure of galaxies
SpouseHeather Peacock
AwardsFellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh (2006)
Fellow of the Royal Society (2007)
Shaw Prize in Astronomy (2014)
Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society (2023)
Scientific career
FieldsAstrophysics, Cosmology
InstitutionsUniversity of Edinburgh
Thesis The radio spectra and cosmological evolution of extragalactic radio sources  (1981)
Doctoral advisorMalcolm Longair,
J. Wall
Websitewww.roe.ac.uk/~jap/

John Andrew Peacock (born 27 March 1956)[1] is a British cosmologist, astronomer, and academic. He has been Professor of Cosmology at the University of Edinburgh since 1998.[2] He was joint-winner of the 2014 Shaw Prize.[3]

  1. ^ "Curriculum Vitae: John Andrew Peacock" (PDF). University of Edinburgh. Retrieved 5 June 2014.
  2. ^ "Biographical Notes of Laureates". The Shaw Prize Foundation. Archived from the original on 17 July 2018. Retrieved 5 June 2014.
  3. ^ "The Shaw Prize in Astronomy 2014". The Shaw Prize Foundation. 27 May 2014. Archived from the original on 11 September 2018. Retrieved 5 June 2014.