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Joseph Silk

British-American astronomer · United States · On the map · Scientists · Born 1942 · age 83

Joseph Ivor Silk is a British-American astrophysicist. He was the Savilian Chair of Astronomy at the University of Oxford from 1999 to September 2011.

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2018Henry Norris Russell LectureshipAward2011Balzan PrizeAwardOskar Klein MedalAward2010Doctor Honoris Causa from the Pierre and Marie Curie UniversityAward2008Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical SocietyAward2007Royal Society Bakerian MedalAward2005Honorary Doctorate at École Normale Supérieure de LyonAward1942Born3 December 1942

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