Given the question: What key details about ian axford can be extracted from the following bio? Bio: sir william ian axford -lrb- 2 january 1933 -- 13 march 2010 -rrb- was a new zealand space scientist who was director of germany 's max planck institute for aeronomy from 1974 to 1990 . axford 's research was focused on the interaction of the sun with the magnetic field of earth -lrb- magnetosphere -rrb- or the interstellar medium -lrb- heliosphere -rrb- .
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- death place is napier , new zealand- birth name is william ian axford- death date is 13 march 2010- work institution is cornell university 1963 -- 1967- birth date is 02 january 1933- name is sir ian axford- birth place is dannevirke new zealand