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Alexander Boksenberg
British physicist · United Kingdom · On the map · Scientists · Born 1936 · age 90
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.
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2000Glazebrook MedalAward1999Hughes MedalAward1998Jackson-Gwilt MedalAward1982Honorary Doctorate of Paris Observatory, PSL UniversityAward1936Born18 March 1936
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Born 1936 · age 90
The same award as Alexander
Basil John MasonBoth received Glazebrook MedalM. J. SeatonBoth received Hughes Medal
Ernest Howard GriffithsBoth received Hughes Medal
Belinda WilkesBoth received Glazebrook Medal
Steven CowleyBoth received Glazebrook Medal
Veronique DehantBoth received Honorary Doctorate of Paris Observatory, PSL University
Ernest Howard GriffithsBoth received Hughes MedalBelinda WilkesBoth received Glazebrook MedalSteven CowleyBoth received Glazebrook MedalVeronique DehantBoth received Honorary Doctorate of Paris Observatory, PSL University