Martin Rees
British cosmologist and astrophysicist / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Martin John Rees, Baron Rees of Ludlow, OM, FRS, FREng, FMedSci, FRAS[1][7] (born 23 June 1942) is a British cosmologist and astrophysicist. He was Master of Trinity College, Cambridge from 2004 to 2012 and President of the Royal Society between 2005 and 2010.[8][9][10][11][12][13]
Quick Facts 60th President of the Royal Society, Preceded by ...
The Lord Rees of Ludlow | |
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60th President of the Royal Society | |
In office 2005–2010 | |
Preceded by | Robert May, Baron May of Oxford |
Succeeded by | Paul Nurse |
Personal details | |
Born | Martin John Rees (1942-06-23) 23 June 1942 (age 82) York, England, United Kingdom |
Spouse(s) |
Caroline Humphrey (m. 1986) |
Website | www |
Education | Shrewsbury School |
Alma mater | University of Cambridge (BA, MA, PhD) |
Known for | Cosmic microwave background radiation quasars Astronomer Royal President of Royal Society |
Awards | Dannie Heineman Prize for Astrophysics (1984) Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society (1987) Balzan Prize (1989) Bower Award (1998) Gruber Prize in Cosmology (2001) Albert Einstein World Award of Science (2003) Michael Faraday Prize (2004) Crafoord Prize (2005) Order of Merit (2007) Templeton Prize (2011) Isaac Newton Medal (2012) HonFREng[1] (2007) Nierenberg Prize (2015) |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Astronomy Astrophysics |
Institutions | University of Cambridge University of Sussex |
Thesis | Physical processes in radio sources and inter-galactic medium (1967) |
Doctoral advisor | Dennis Sciama |
Doctoral students | |
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