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691:Stellar abundances and nucleosynthesis
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174:Fellow & Corresponding Member,
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711:Durham University, United Kingdom
580:Modern Observatories of the World
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551:and Corresponding Member of the
440:Advanced Research Grant held at
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176:Australian Academy of Science
172:Memorial Prize (shared) 2017
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203:National Academy of Sciences
481:Supernova Cosmology Project
410:Royal Greenwich Observatory
180:Honorary Doctorate (D.Sc.)
142:Honorary Doctorate (D.Sc.)
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635:"How the Stars Were Born"
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366:Gruber Prize in Cosmology
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489:Nobel Prize for Physics
449:observational cosmology
414:University of Cambridge
408:(with two years at the
321:Richard Salisbury Ellis
247:University of Cambridge
58:Richard Salisbury Ellis
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501:Thirty Meter Telescope
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126:Institute of Physics
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647:on 12 December 2007
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400:Career and research
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254:(1974–1993)
249:(1993–1999)
244:(1999–2015)
87:Nationality
68:25 May 1950
1101:Categories
937:Tim Pedley
651:3 November
586:References
477:supernovae
334:Colwyn Bay
305:Amy Barger
293:David Axon
170:Carl Sagan
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559:in 2024.
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378:astronomy
372:Education
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227:Astronomy
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787:elected
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457:galaxies
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