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Richard Van Der Riet Woolley
Sir Richard Van Der Riet Woolley
British astronomer royal (1906–1986).
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Date of Birth
4/24/1906
Date of Death
12/24/1986
Educated At
University of Cape Town
Gonville and Caius College
Allhallows College
Instance Of
Human
Place of Birth
Weymouth
Place of Death
Somerset West
Award Received
Fellow of the Royal Society
Officer of the Order of the British Empire
Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society
(1971)
Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science
(1953)
Knight Bachelor
Occupation
Astronomer
Member Of
Country of Citizenship
Given Name
Employer
Noble Title
Field of Work
Position Held
Languages Spoken, Written or Signed
Sex or Gender
Family Name
Described by Source
Royal Society
Australian Academy of Science
United Kingdom
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
( - 4/12/1927)
End Cause
:
Royal and Parliamentary Titles Act 1927
End Time
:
4/12/1927
Richard
Cambridge Observatory
Knight Bachelor
Solar Astronomy
Astronomer Royal
(1956 - 1971)
Replaces
:
Harold Spencer Jones
Replaced By
:
Martin Ryle
Series Ordinal
:
11
End Time
:
1971
Start Time
:
1956
English
Male
Woolley
Astronomers: A Biographical Reference
Point in Time
:
1971
Point in Time
:
1953
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