Arnold Wolfendale

Sir Arnold Whittaker Wolfendale FRS (25 June 1927 – 21 December 2020)GRO Register of Births: SEP 1927 6d 1198a RUGBY – Arnold W. Wolfendale, mmn = Hoyle was a British astronomer. He was Astronomer Royal from 1991 to 1995. He was Emeritus Professor in the Department of Physics at Durham University and was president of the European Physical Society (1999–2001).Arnold Wolfendale publications in Google ScholarProf Sir Arnold Wolfendale, Debretts Biography   He was President of the Royal Astronomical Society from 1981 to 1983.

He was elected a member of the Academia Europaea in 1998.

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