Roger Angel
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| Born | February 7, 1941[1] St. Helens, Lancashire, England[1] |
James Roger Prior Angel (born February 7, 1941 in St. Helens, Lancashire, England[1]) is a British-born American astronomer. He is Regents Professor and Professor of Astronomy and Optical Sciences at the University of Arizona.[2][3]
Education[]
He graduated from St Peter's College, Oxford, with a BA, in 1963, from California Institute of Technology, with an MA in 1966, and from the University of Oxford, with a D Phil, in 1967.[1]
Career and research[]
He has taught at Columbia University. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society. He was elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1990.[4]
On August 23, 2012, Angel and his inventions were the subject of a story on NPR's Morning Edition.[5]
Awards[]
- 1976 Newton Lacy Pierce Prize in Astronomy
- 1996 MacArthur Fellows Program[6]
- 2010 Kavli Prize for Astrophysics
- 2016 National Inventors Hall of Fame[7]
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/1735165/Roger-Angel
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2010-04-02. Retrieved 2010-04-29.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- ^ HighBeam[dead link]
- ^ "Book of Members, 1780-2010: Chapter A" (PDF). American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Retrieved 18 April 2011.
- ^ Palca, Joe (2012-08-23). "Telescope Innovator Shines His Genius On New Fields".
- ^ "Fellowships Reward Bright Stars", Associated Press, The Free Lance-Star, Terri Likens, June 19, 1996
- ^ "J. Roger P. Angel - Lightweight Mirrors for Astronomical Telescopes". National Inventors Hall of Fame. Retrieved June 4, 2016.
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