Richard van der Riet Woolley

Sir Richard van der Riet Woolley
Born(1906-04-24)24 April 1906
Died24 December 1986(1986-12-24) (aged 80)
Alma materUniversity of Cape Town (BSc, MSc)
Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge (MA (Cantab), PhD)
Known forAstronomer Royal
AwardsFellow of the Royal Society[1]
Scientific career
FieldsAstronomy

Sir Richard van der Riet Woolley OBE FRS[1] (24 April 1906 – 24 December 1986)[2] was an English astronomer who became the eleventh Astronomer Royal. His mother's maiden name was Van der Riet.

  1. ^ a b McCrea, W. (1988). "Richard van der Riet Woolley. 24 April 1906 – 24 December 1986". Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society. 34: 922–926. Bibcode:1988BMFRS..34..922M. doi:10.1098/rsbm.1988.0028. JSTOR 770071. S2CID 62763424.
  2. ^ GRO Register of Births: JUN 1906 5a 296 WEYMOUTH - Richard Van der Riet Woolley

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