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Archie Roy
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Archie Edmiston Roy
Machrie Moor 1982 |
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| Born | 24 June 1924 Yoker, Glasgow, Scotland
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| Died | 27 December 2012 (aged 88) Drumchapel Hospital, Glasgow, Scotland
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| Nationality | Scottish |
| Alma mater | Hillhead High School University of Glasgow |
| Known for | The Mirror Theorem in Celestial Mechanics |
| Awards | Myers Memorial Medal (SPR) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Astronomy |
| Institutions | Shawlands Academy University of Glasgow |
| Doctoral advisor | Prof W M Smart |
Archie Edmiston Roy FRSE, FRAS (June 24, 1924 – December 27, 2012) was a very important Scottish astronomer. He was a professor at the University of Glasgow and studied how things move in space.
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Archie Roy: A Life Among the Stars
Archie Edmiston Roy grew up in Scotland. He went to Hillhead High School and then studied at the University of Glasgow. He was married to Frances and they had three sons: Archie W N Roy, Ian Roy, and David Roy. He also had two grandchildren, David and Fraser.
His Important Work
Professor Roy was a special member of many important groups. These included the Royal Society of Edinburgh and the Royal Astronomical Society. He was also a past President of the Society for Psychical Research. This group studies things that seem to be beyond normal science. He even helped start The Scottish Society for Psychical Research.
He was also chosen to be a member of the European Academy of Arts, Sciences and the Humanities. This shows how respected he was in many different fields.
What He Studied
Archie Roy studied many fascinating topics. He researched astrodynamics, which is about how spacecraft and other objects move in space. He also worked on celestial mechanics, which looks at how planets and stars move.
He explored archaeoastronomy, which connects ancient buildings and beliefs to astronomy. He also looked into psychical research, studying things like telepathy or ghosts. Finally, he studied neural networks, which are computer systems inspired by the human brain.
Books and Awards
Archie Roy was a very busy writer! He published 20 books, and six of them were novels. He also wrote about 70 scientific papers and many articles. His books were published in many countries around the world.
An asteroid, named 5806 Archieroy, was named after him in 1994. This was a huge honor for his work in astronomy! In 2004, he received the Myers Memorial Medal. This award was for his excellent contributions to psychical research.
His Passing
Archie Roy passed away on December 27, 2012, at the age of 88. He died at the Drumchapel Hospital in Glasgow. He was remembered by his wife, three sons, and two grandchildren.
His Books
Archie Roy wrote both fiction and non-fiction books.
Novels
- Deadlight (1968)
- All Evil Shed Away (1970)
- The Curtained Sleep (1971)
- Sable Night (1973)
- The Dark Host (1976)
- Devil In The Darkness (1978)
Non-fiction
- The Foundations of Astrodynamics (1965)
- Orbital Motion (1978)
- Long-Term Dynamical Behavior of Natural and Artificial N-Body Systems (Ed.) (1989)
- A Sense of Something Strange, Investigations Into the Paranormal (1990)
- Oxford Illustrated encyclopedia of the Universe (Ed.) (1992)
- Archives of the Mind (1996)
- From Newton to Chaos (Ed. with Bonnie A Steves) (1995)
- The Dynamics of Small Bodies in the Solar System: A Major Key to Solar Systems Studies (Ed. with Bonnie A Steves) (1998)
- The Eager Dead (2008)
