1927
Arnold Wolfendale, English astronomer and academic (died 2020)
Arnold Wolfendale, English astronomer and academic (died 2020)
Arnold Wolfendale, English astronomer and academic (died 2020)
Arnold Wolfendale
British physicist
- Born
- 1927
Sir Arnold Whittaker Wolfendale was a British astronomer who served as the fourteenth Astronomer Royal from 1991 to 1995. He was Professor of Physics at Durham University from 1965 until 1992 and served as president of the European Physical Society (1999–2001). He was president of the Royal Astronomical Society from 1981 to 1983.