# Alexander Boksenberg

> Alexander (Alec) Boksenberg CBE FRS is a British scientist who was the Director of the Royal Greenwich Observatory from 1981-1995. In the early 1980s he developed the image photon counting system, an electronic detector for faint astronomical sources. His astronomical research focused on active galactic nuclei.

*British physicist*

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## Identity
- **Profile type:** Scientist ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631))
- **Category:** Scientists
- **Country:** United Kingdom
- **Born:** 1936-03-18
- **Status:** living
- **Gender:** male

## Fame
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