Alexander Dalgarno

British physicist and father of molecular astrophysics (1928-2015) · United Kingdom · On the map · Scientists · Died at 87

Alexander Dalgarno FRS was a British physicist who was a Phillips Professor of Astronomy at Harvard University.

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2015Died8 April 20152013Benjamin Franklin MedalAward2002Hughes MedalAward1995John Adam Fleming MedalAward1986Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical SocietyAwardWilliam F. Meggers AwardAward1980Davisson-Germer Prize in Atomic or Surface PhysicsAward1978Hodgkins MedalAward1928Born5 January 1928

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