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Sir Arnold Wolfendale
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| Born | June 25, 1927 Rugby, Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom
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| Died | December 21, 2020 (aged 93) Durham, County Durham, England
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| Nationality | British |
| Alma mater | University of Manchester |
| Known for | Astronomer Royal Cosmic rays |
| Spouse(s) |
Audrey Darby
(m. 1951–2007)Dorothy Middleton
(m. 2015) |
| Awards | Fellow of the Royal Society (1977) Marian Smoluchowski Medal (1992) Knight Bachelor (1995) FInstP FRAS |
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| Fields | Physics |
| Institutions | University of Manchester Durham University University of Ceylon University of Hong Kong |
| Thesis | The nuclear interactions of mu-mesons (1953) |
| Doctoral students | George Efstathiou |
Sir Arnold Whittaker Wolfendale FRS (25 June 1927 – 21 December, 2020) 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). He was President of the Royal Astronomical Society from 1981 to 1983.
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