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Walter Stibbs

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96:. There he organised the building of the 38-inch Cassegrain-Schmidt telescope. He also organised for the construction of the university's very first computer in 1964. In 1968 he worked on the first studies of stellar radiative 585: 570: 483: 392: 580: 169:
There is a prestigious annual lecture series sponsored by the Stibbs family in memory of Walter Stibbs, together with the Sydney Institute for Astronomy,
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researching gunsights. In the latter years of the war he lectured in Maths and Physics at the
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he played cricket with the Berkshire Gentleman. From 1955 to 1959 he did research at the
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Biographical Index of Former Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 1783–2002
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https://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/itsold/newsletter/2010/05/stibbs1620.html
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A keen runner, in 1991 he won the gold medal for the marathon in the
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where he held the Napier Chair in Astronomy for 30 years. The
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In 1949 he was married to fellow-scientist Margaret Calvert.
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Patrick Moore's Data Book of Astronomy, Patrick Moore
76:as a Radcliffe Fellow, working alongside Professor 136:He died in Canberra, Australia on 12 April 2010. 241: 239: 173:. Some of the past Stibbs Lecturers have been: 400:. The Royal Society of Edinburgh. July 2006. 69:, before returning to Mount Stromlo in 1945. 8: 188:- "The Monster at the Heart of our Universe" 218:2020 - postponed due to the COVID-19 crisis 586:Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 571:Academics of the University of St Andrews 453: 376: 332: 122:and served as its Vice President 1972/3. 235: 111:In 1961 he was elected a Fellow of the 470:"News | the University of Sydney" 300:: CS1 maint: archived copy as title ( 293: 247:"News | the University of Sydney" 523: 521: 86:Atomic Weapons Research Establishment 7: 581:20th-century Australian astronomers 45:He was born on 17 February 1919 in 455:10.1111/j.1468-4004.2010.51440_1.x 378:10.1111/j.1468-4004.2010.51440_1.x 334:10.1111/j.1468-4004.2010.51440_1.x 14: 181:- "Cracking the Einstein Code" 1: 208:- "The State of the Universe" 74:Oxford University Observatory 67:University of New South Wales 215:- "Pulsars and the universe" 201:- "LIGO Gravitational Waves" 512:"The state of the universe" 156:(1953) co-written with Sir 31:Prof Walter Stibbs Lectures 17:Douglas Walter Noble Stibbs 602: 576:Australian astrophysicists 442:Astronomy & Geophysics 365:Astronomy & Geophysics 321:Astronomy & Geophysics 154:The Outer Layers of a Star 120:Royal Astronomical Society 113:Royal Society of Edinburgh 438:"Walter Stibbs 1919-2010" 436:Evans, Tom Lloyd (2010). 361:"Walter Stibbs 1919-2010" 359:Evans, Tom Lloyd (2010). 317:"Walter Stibbs 1919-2010" 315:Evans, Tom Lloyd (2010). 63:Mount Stromlo Observatory 37:are named in his honour. 225:- "A Cosmic Perspective" 127:Australian Veteran Games 72:In 1951 he moved to the 118:He was a Fellow of the 566:Scientists from Sydney 165:Walter Stibbs Lectures 94:St Andrews University 80:. During his time in 27:St Andrews University 282:on 28 September 2018 213:Jocelyn Bell Burnell 171:University of Sydney 55:University of Sydney 35:Sydney University 593: 540: 539: 537: 535: 525: 516: 515: 508: 502: 501: 494: 488: 487: 480: 474: 473: 466: 460: 459: 457: 448:(4): 4.41–4.42. 433: 427: 426: 424: 422: 416: 410:. Archived from 399: 389: 383: 382: 380: 371:(4): 4.41–4.42. 356: 350: 345: 339: 338: 336: 327:(4): 4.41–4.42. 312: 306: 305: 299: 291: 289: 287: 281: 275:. Archived from 274: 266: 260: 257: 251: 250: 243: 61:he was based at 59:Second World War 601: 600: 596: 595: 594: 592: 591: 590: 546: 545: 544: 543: 533: 531: 527: 526: 519: 510: 509: 505: 496: 495: 491: 482: 481: 477: 468: 467: 463: 435: 434: 430: 420: 418: 417:on 4 March 2016 414: 408: 397: 391: 390: 386: 358: 357: 353: 346: 342: 314: 313: 309: 292: 285: 283: 279: 272: 270:"Archived copy" 268: 267: 263: 258: 254: 245: 244: 237: 232: 193:Natalie Batalha 167: 158:Richard Woolley 150: 142: 43: 12: 11: 5: 599: 597: 589: 588: 583: 578: 573: 568: 563: 558: 548: 547: 542: 541: 517: 503: 489: 475: 461: 428: 407:0-902-198-84-X 406: 384: 351: 340: 307: 261: 252: 234: 233: 231: 228: 227: 226: 219: 216: 209: 202: 195: 189: 182: 166: 163: 162: 161: 149: 146: 141: 138: 78:Harry Plaskett 42: 39: 13: 10: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 598: 587: 584: 582: 579: 577: 574: 572: 569: 567: 564: 562: 559: 557: 554: 553: 551: 530: 524: 522: 518: 513: 507: 504: 499: 493: 490: 485: 479: 476: 471: 465: 462: 456: 451: 447: 443: 439: 432: 429: 413: 409: 403: 396: 395: 388: 385: 379: 374: 370: 366: 362: 355: 352: 349: 344: 341: 335: 330: 326: 322: 318: 311: 308: 303: 297: 278: 271: 265: 262: 256: 253: 248: 242: 240: 236: 229: 224: 220: 217: 214: 210: 207: 206:Brian Schmidt 203: 200: 196: 194: 190: 187: 183: 180: 176: 175: 174: 172: 164: 159: 155: 152: 151: 147: 145: 139: 137: 134: 132: 128: 123: 121: 116: 114: 109: 107: 103: 99: 95: 91: 87: 83: 79: 75: 70: 68: 64: 60: 56: 52: 48: 40: 38: 36: 32: 28: 24: 21: 18: 532:. Retrieved 506: 492: 478: 464: 445: 441: 431: 421:28 September 419:. Retrieved 412:the original 393: 387: 368: 364: 354: 343: 324: 320: 310: 286:28 September 284:. Retrieved 277:the original 264: 255: 211:2019 - Prof 204:2018 - Prof 199:David Reitze 197:2017 - Prof 191:2016 - Prof 184:2015 - Prof 179:Fulvio Melia 177:2014 - Prof 168: 153: 148:Publications 143: 135: 124: 117: 110: 106:D. F. Mayers 102:T. R. Carson 71: 44: 30: 16: 15: 561:2010 deaths 556:1919 births 223:Jill Tarter 186:Andrea Ghez 90:Aldermaston 550:Categories 230:References 221:2021 - Dr 51:Australia 296:cite web 131:Canberra 534:7 March 98:opacity 404:  140:Family 82:Oxford 47:Sydney 415:(PDF) 398:(PDF) 280:(PDF) 273:(PDF) 100:with 536:2021 423:2018 402:ISBN 302:link 288:2018 104:and 41:Life 23:FRAS 20:FRSE 450:doi 373:doi 329:doi 129:in 88:at 49:in 33:at 552:: 520:^ 446:51 444:. 440:. 369:51 367:. 363:. 325:51 323:. 319:. 298:}} 294:{{ 238:^ 133:. 115:. 108:. 538:. 514:. 500:. 486:. 472:. 458:. 452:: 425:. 381:. 375:: 337:. 331:: 304:) 290:. 249:. 160:.

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FRSE
FRAS
St Andrews University
Sydney University
Sydney
Australia
University of Sydney
Second World War
Mount Stromlo Observatory
University of New South Wales
Oxford University Observatory
Harry Plaskett
Oxford
Atomic Weapons Research Establishment
Aldermaston
St Andrews University
opacity
T. R. Carson
D. F. Mayers
Royal Society of Edinburgh
Royal Astronomical Society
Australian Veteran Games
Canberra
Richard Woolley
University of Sydney
Fulvio Melia
Andrea Ghez
Natalie Batalha
David Reitze
Brian Schmidt

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