Geoffrey Burbidge

Geoffrey Burbidge

FRS
Geoffrey Burbidge; FRS
Born	Geoffrey Ronald Burbidge; 24 September 1925; Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire, U.K.
Died	26 January 2010 (aged 84); La Jolla, California, U.S.
Alma mater	University of Bristol; University College London (PhD);
Spouse	Margaret Burbidge (m. 1948)
Awards	Warner Prize (1959); Bruce Medal (1999); Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society (2007); NAS Award for Scientific Reviewing (2007);
	Scientific career
Fields	Theoretical astrophysics
Thesis	The interaction between mesons and light atoms (1951)
Doctoral advisor	H.S.W. Massey
Website	casswww.ucsd.edu/archive/personal/gburbidge.html

Geoffrey Ronald Burbidge FRS (24 September 1925 – 26 January 2010) was an English astronomy professor and theoretical astrophysicist, most recently at the University of California, San Diego. He was married to astrophysicist Margaret Burbidge and was the second author of the influential B²FH paper which she led.

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