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Geoffrey Burbidge

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British astronomer (1925-2010)

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Geoffrey Ronald Burbidge (24 September 1925 - 26 January 2010) was an English astronomy professor and theoretical astrophysicist, most recently at the University of California, San Diego. He was married to astrophysicist Margaret Burbidge and was the second author of the influential B2FH paper which she led.

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2007NAS Award for Scientific Reviewing
2005Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society
1999Bruce Medal
1985Karl G. Jansky Lectureship
1979Petrie Prize Lecture
1959Helen B. Warner Prize for Astronomy
Fellow of the Royal Society
Fellow of the American Physical Society

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United Kingdom
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Scientists
Type
Scientist
Status
deceased
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Lived 1925 to 2010 · aged 84
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