Rod Davies

Rodney Deane Davies CBE FRS (8 Janairu 1930 - 8 Nuwamba 2015) Farfesa ne na Radio Astronomy a Jami'ar Manchester. Ya kasance Shugaban Royal Astronomical Society a 1987-1989, kuma Daraktan Jodrell Bank Observatory a 1988-97. Ya fi shahara da bincikensa kan asalin Cosmic microwave da layin 21cm.

 Rayuwa ta sirri 
An haifi Davies a ranar 8 ga Janairu 1930  a cikin iyalin manoma a Balaklava, wani ƙauye a arewacin Adelaide, Kudancin Ostiraliya.  Iyayensa sune Holbin da Rena Davies.  Yana da 'yan'uwa maza uku. 

Ya haɗu da Beth, matarsa, a ƙungiyar ɗaliban Kirista a Jami'ar Adelaide.  Sun yi aure a shekarar 1953, kuma daga baya a wannan shekarar suka ƙaura zuwa Cheshire, United Kingdom . Sun haifi 'ya'ya huɗu: Rosalyn, Claire, Stewart da Warwick (waɗanda suka riga shi rasuwa), da jikoki goma sha ɗaya:  Luke, Josh (m. Cat), Dom, Hannah, Nyasha, Laura, Eleanor, Hettie, Annie, Leo, da Jemima. 

He became a Methodist preacher at the age of 16 at his church in South Australia, and regularly attended his Methodist chapel in Manchester. He also had an extensive knowledge of trees.
Ya yi fama da cutar kansa, amma ya ci gaba da aiki ba tare da la'akari da inda ya dosa ba. Lafiyarsa ta ragu a cikin watanni biyu na ƙarshe na rayuwarsa, kuma ya mutu a ranar 8 ga Nuwamba, 2015.

 Manazarta 
Rodney Deane Davies 1930–2015". Astronomy & Geophysics. 57. February 2016.
Rukuni:Matattun 2015
Rukuni:Haifaffun 1930