Arnold_Wolfendale
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98 years old
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93 years old
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Arnold Wolfendale | |
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| Born | 25 June 1927 Rugby, Warwickshire, England, UK |
| Died | 21 December 2020 (aged 93) Durham, England, |
| Citizenship | British |
| Alma mater | University of Manchester |
| Known for | Astronomer Royal Cosmic rays |
| Spouses | Audrey Darby (m. 1951–2007)Dorothy Middleton (m. 2015) |
| Awards | FInstP (1958) FRAS (1973) Fellow of the Royal Society (1977) Marian Smoluchowski Medal (1992) Knight Bachelor (1995) Homi Bhabha Medal and Prize (2011) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Physics |
| Institutions | University of Manchester Durham University University of Ceylon University of Hong Kong |
| Thesis | The nuclear interactions of mu-mesons (1953) |
| Doctoral students | George Efstathiou |
| 14th Astronomer Royal | |
| In office 1991–1995 | |
| Preceded by | Francis Graham Smith |
| Succeeded by | Martin Rees |
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