Arnold Wolfendale
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Sir Arnold Whittaker Wolfendale was a British astronomer who served as the fourteenth Astronomer Royal from 1991 to 1995. He was Professor of Physics at Durham University from 1965 until 1992 and serv
Sir Arnold Wolfendale
Royal Astronomical Society
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The Royal Astronomical Society is a learned society and charity that encourages and promotes the study of astronomy, solar-system science, geophysics and closely related branches of science. Its headq
Arnold Wolfendale
…of Physics at Durham University from 1965 until 1992 and served as president of the European Physical Society (1999–2001). He was president of the Royal Astronomical Society from 1981 to 1983. Wolfendale was born in Rugby, Warwickshire on 25 June 1927. His family moved to Flixton, Lancashire when he was 18 months. He attended…
Entrance to the Royal Astronomical Society at Burlington House, London
The Royal Astronomical Society at the University of London History Day, 2016.
The Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society awarded to Asaph Hall
The council room at the RAS