Richard Davis (astronomer)
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Richard Davis | |
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| Born | Richard John Davis 28 June 1949[1] March, England |
| Died | 2 May 2016 (aged 66) Royal Hallamshire Hospital, Sheffield, England |
| Education | March Grammar School for boys |
| Alma mater | |
| Occupation | Radio astronomer |
Richard John Davis, (28 June 1949 – 2 May 2016) was a radio astronomer for the Jodrell Bank Centre for Astrophysics at the University of Manchester.[2]
Davis was born in March, Cambridgeshire, England, the first child of Hugh Davis, a railway man, and Thelma Carter. He had a brother, architect Christopher Davis,[3] and Richard had two sons, William and Anthony.[3] After falling ill in Italy, he died on 2 May 2016,[4] aged 66, at the Royal Hallamshire Hospital. His funeral took place at St Paul's Church, Macclesfield, on 25 May 2016.[3]
Education
Davis attended March Grammar School for boys in 1960–67.[3] He won a scholarship to attend Downing College at the University of Cambridge in 1968, where he studied the natural sciences, focusing on theoretical physics,[3] for his undergraduate degree. He started an MSc in radio astronomy at Jodrell Bank in 1971,[4] graduating with a diploma in 1972,[3] followed by a PhD, also at Jodrell Bank, on the radio polarisation of quasars,[4] graduating in 1975.[3]
