Astronomers who have lived in Cambridge or have been to Cambridge university help req please

Hi All,

any of you clever souls help me along please

I am writing an article for the local paper and was wondering how many
eminent astronomers have lived in Cambridge or been to Cambridge Uni.

The few I have so far a

John Couch Adams,
Jocelyn Bell Burnell
Isaac Newton
Martin Rees

Anyone ideas on others or web links

Thanks in advance & Thanks for your help

Andy

--
Mr A R Green BSc(Hons), FRAS

found a few more

Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar
Sir Christopher Wren

John William Strutt (Lord Rayleigh)



any others???



thanks



Andy



"Andy" wrote in message
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Hi All,

any of you clever souls help me along please

I am writing an article for the local paper and was wondering how many
eminent astronomers have lived in Cambridge or been to Cambridge Uni.

The few I have so far a

John Couch Adams,
Jocelyn Bell Burnell
Isaac Newton
Martin Rees

Anyone ideas on others or web links

Thanks in advance & Thanks for your help

Andy

--
Mr A R Green BSc(Hons), FRAS

On Wed, 03 Aug 2005 22:32:10 GMT, "Andy" said:

John Couch Adams
Jocelyn Bell Burnell
Isaac Newton
Martin Rees
Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar
Sir Christopher Wren
John William Strutt (Lord Rayleigh)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Challis (almost discoverer of Neptune)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Herschel (son of William)

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but rather when there is nothing left to take away."
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[quote=Andy]Hi All,

any of you clever souls help me along please

I am writing an article for the local paper and was wondering how many
eminent astronomers have lived in Cambridge or been to Cambridge Uni.

Anyone ideas on others or web links

Andy

You could have a long list - in 2009 Cambridge Uni celebrates its 800th birthday ! Try http://www.cam.ac.uk/cambuniv/pubs/history/

http://www.ast.cam.ac.uk/history/

Nytecam

"Andy" wrote in message
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Hi All,

any of you clever souls help me along please

I am writing an article for the local paper and was wondering how many
eminent astronomers have lived in Cambridge or been to Cambridge Uni.

The few I have so far a

John Couch Adams,
Jocelyn Bell Burnell
Isaac Newton
Martin Rees

Anyone ideas on others or web links

Thanks in advance & Thanks for your help

Andy

--
Mr A R Green BSc(Hons), FRAS




Sir Arthur Eddington
Sir Fred Hoyle

--
Mike Dworetsky

(Remove "pants" spamblock to send e-mail)

Andy wrote:

Hi All,

any of you clever souls help me along please

I am writing an article for the local paper and was wondering how many
eminent astronomers have lived in Cambridge or been to Cambridge Uni.

The few I have so far a

John Couch Adams,
Jocelyn Bell Burnell
Isaac Newton
Martin Rees

Anyone ideas on others or web links

How long do they have to have lived there to qualify? I would hazard a
guess that almost every famous modern astrophysicist has been there
overnight.

However, assuming a few years to be a required residence period you can
have:

John Couch Adams
Sir George Biddle Airy
Sir Hermann Bondi
James Challis
John Herschel
Sir Fred Hoyle
Donald Lynden-Bell
Zdenek Kopal
Sir Martin Ryle

more recently

Carlos Frenk
Stephen Hawking
Malcolm Longair
Neil Turok

There are bound to be many more depending on what cutoff criterion you
set. You should be able to get one for every letter of the alphabet with
a bit of effort! Some famous astrophysicists are famous only among
astronomers and/or cosmologists. One online resource incomplete is:

http://www.absoluteastronomy.com/enc...stronomers.htm
(covers all countries)

Regards,
Martin Brown

Yep I know that,

I mean those who actually attended Cambridge uni as a student or actually
lived in the city

visiting doesn't count!

Cheers

Andy
"Martin Brown" wrote in message
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Andy wrote:

Hi All,

any of you clever souls help me along please

I am writing an article for the local paper and was wondering how many
eminent astronomers have lived in Cambridge or been to Cambridge Uni.

The few I have so far a

John Couch Adams,
Jocelyn Bell Burnell
Isaac Newton
Martin Rees

Anyone ideas on others or web links

How long do they have to have lived there to qualify? I would hazard a
guess that almost every famous modern astrophysicist has been there
overnight.

However, assuming a few years to be a required residence period you can
have:

John Couch Adams
Sir George Biddle Airy
Sir Hermann Bondi
James Challis
John Herschel
Sir Fred Hoyle
Donald Lynden-Bell
Zdenek Kopal
Sir Martin Ryle

more recently

Carlos Frenk
Stephen Hawking
Malcolm Longair
Neil Turok

There are bound to be many more depending on what cutoff criterion you
set. You should be able to get one for every letter of the alphabet with
a bit of effort! Some famous astrophysicists are famous only among
astronomers and/or cosmologists. One online resource incomplete is:

http://www.absoluteastronomy.com/enc...stronomers.htm
(covers all countries)

Regards,
Martin Brown

JRS: In article , dated
Thu, 4 Aug 2005 09:37:40, seen in news:uk.sci.astronomy, Andy
posted :

I mean those who actually attended Cambridge uni as a student or actually
lived in the city

No *eminent* person would have used the term "uni" or "student".

That seems an unreasonably restrictive pair of criteria. For example
(although not an astronomer) there can be no doubt about Rutherford's
eminence. But his degree work was done in NZ. (While he did then spend
a little while in Cambridge, he wasn't *eminent* for that, AFAIK.) But,
having become eminent by 1919, he moved to Cambridge, and is counted as
a Cambridge Eminence. I don't know where he actually lived; but he
might well have lived outside the City itself.

ISTM that you should include as candidates all who took first or second
degrees there, and all who for a period of time related to their
eminence were staff of the University or closely associated
institutions.

But not, if there are any examples, eminent astronomers belonging only
to institutions outside Cambridge but with the good taste to have chosen
to dwell in the City.

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Well I never Dr John,

forgive me for using an abbreviation, I must do better!!

Which is maybe why I am probably not as "eminent" as your good self or the
Eminent people who attended the Uni EG . Maybe my use of abbreviation
upset you? it is irrelevant to my initial request anyway.

As I said, I am happy with the responses I have, not only from yourself but
the other kind people of the group as well I am happy I can go and do what I
need to do now.

thanks for your input which I really appreciate.

Clear Skies

Andy





"Dr John Stockton" wrote in message
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JRS: In article , dated
Thu, 4 Aug 2005 09:37:40, seen in news:uk.sci.astronomy, Andy
posted :

I mean those who actually attended Cambridge uni as a student or actually
lived in the city

No *eminent* person would have used the term "uni" or "student".

That seems an unreasonably restrictive pair of criteria. For example
(although not an astronomer) there can be no doubt about Rutherford's
eminence. But his degree work was done in NZ. (While he did then spend
a little while in Cambridge, he wasn't *eminent* for that, AFAIK.) But,
having become eminent by 1919, he moved to Cambridge, and is counted as
a Cambridge Eminence. I don't know where he actually lived; but he
might well have lived outside the City itself.

ISTM that you should include as candidates all who took first or second
degrees there, and all who for a period of time related to their
eminence were staff of the University or closely associated
institutions.

But not, if there are any examples, eminent astronomers belonging only
to institutions outside Cambridge but with the good taste to have chosen
to dwell in the City.

--
© John Stockton, Surrey, UK. Turnpike v4.00
MIME. ©
Web URL:http://www.merlyn.demon.co.uk/ - w. FAQish topics, links,
acronyms
PAS EXE etc : URL:http://www.merlyn.demon.co.uk/programs/ - see
00index.htm
Dates - miscdate.htm moredate.htm js-dates.htm pas-time.htm critdate.htm
etc.

"Andy" wrote in message
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Well I never Dr John,

forgive me for using an abbreviation, I must do better!!


Some people are like that on usenet. Very knowledgeable and helpful, but
sometimes surprise with inappropriate responses. However, it's not a sin,
and (generally) it's not meant personally.

all part of life's rich tapestry, and u.s.a is a better place for having Dr
J as a contributor.