Malcolm Longair

Malcolm Longair

CBE FRS FRSE
Malcolm Longair; CBE FRS FRSE
	Malcolm Longair in 2013 at the James Webb Space Telescope Advisory Committee (JSTAC), held at the Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI) in Baltimore. Portrait by Mark McCaughrean of the European Space Agency
Born	Malcolm Sim Longair; 18 May 1941; Dundee, Scotland
Education	Morgan Academy
Alma mater	University of Dundee; University of St Andrews; University of Cambridge;
Spouse	Deborah Howard (m. 1975)
Awards	Britannica Award (1986)
	Scientific career
Fields	Natural philosophy
Institutions	University of Cambridge; University of Edinburgh;
Thesis	The evolution of radio galaxies (1967)
Doctoral advisor	Martin Ryle
Doctoral students	Jim Dunlop; Stephen Gull; Simon Lilly; John Peacock;
Website	www.phy.cam.ac.uk/directory/longairm

Malcolm Sim Longair CBE FRS FRSE (born 18 May 1941) is a British physicist. From 1991 to 2008 he was the Jacksonian Professor of Natural Philosophy in the Cavendish Laboratory at the University of Cambridge. Since 2016 he has been Editor-in-Chief of the Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society.

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