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Beatrice Tinsley
Born(1941-01-27)27 January 1941
Chester, England
Died23 March 1981(1981-03-23) (aged 40)
New Haven, Connecticut, U.S.
Alma mater
  • University of Canterbury
  • University of Texas at Austin
Known forEvolution of galaxies
Spouse
Brian Tinsley
(m. 1961; div. 1974)
Parents
  • Edward Hill (father)
  • Jean Hill (mother)
AwardsAAS Annie J. Cannon Award in Astronomy (1974)
Scientific career
FieldsAstronomy
InstitutionsYale University

Beatrice Muriel Hill Tinsley (27 January 1941 – 23 March 1981) was a British-born New Zealand astronomer and cosmologist, and the first female professor of astronomy at Yale University, whose research made fundamental contributions to the astronomical understanding of how galaxies evolve, grow and die.

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