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Sir Richard van der Riet Woolley
OBE FRS
Born
(1906-04-24)24 April 1906
Weymouth, Dorset, England
Died
24 December 1986(1986-12-24) (aged 80)
Somerset West, Cape Province, South Africa
Alma mater
University of Cape Town (BSc, MSc) Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge (MA (Cantab), PhD)
Known for
Astronomer Royal
Awards
Fellow of the Royal Society[1]
Scientific career
Fields
Astronomy
Sir Richard van der Riet Woolley OBE FRS[1] (24 April 1906 – 24 December 1986)[2] was an English astronomer who became the eleventh Astronomer Royal. His mother's maiden name was Van der Riet.
^ abMcCrea, W. (1988). "Richard van der Riet Woolley. 24 April 1906 – 24 December 1986". Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society. 34: 922–926. Bibcode:1988BMFRS..34..922M. doi:10.1098/rsbm.1988.0028. JSTOR 770071. S2CID 62763424.
^GRO Register of Births: JUN 1906 5a 296 WEYMOUTH - Richard Van der Riet Woolley
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