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Malcolm Longair

British astronomer (1941-) · United Kingdom · On the map · Scientists

Malcolm Sim Longair is a British physicist. From 1991 to 2008 he was the Jacksonian Professor of Natural Philosophy in the Cavendish Laboratory at the University of Cambridge. Since 2016 he has been editor-in-chief of the Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society.

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Awards

IET Kelvin Lecture1999
Fellow of the Royal Society
Commander of the Order of the British Empire
Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh

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Country
United Kingdom
Category
Scientists
Type
Scientist
Status
Living
Dates
Born 1941 · age 85

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