Francis Graham-Smith#
Membership Number: | 1346 |
Membership type: | ORDINARY |
Section: | EARTH & COSMIC SCIENCES |
Elected: | 1993 |
Main Country of Residence: | UNITED KINGDOM |
Homepage(s): | https://humanism.org.uk/about/our-people/patrons/sir-francis-graham-smith |
Present and Previous Positions
- 1981 Director of the Royal Astronomy Laboratory
- 1975 - 1981 Director of the Royal Greenwich Observatory
- 1964 Professor of Radio Astronomy at Manchester
Fields of Scholarship
- Radio astronomy
- Astronomy
Honours and Awards
- 1970 Fellow of the Royal Society
- Member of the Academia Europaea
- 1987 Royal Medal
- 1975 - 1977 Pesident of the Royal Astronomical Society
- 1982 - 1990 Astronomer Royal
- 1986 Knighthood