Geoffrey Burbidge

Geoffrey Burbidge
Born
Geoffrey Ronald Burbidge

(1925-09-24)24 September 1925
Died26 January 2010(2010-01-26) (aged 84)
Alma mater
Spouse
(m. 1948)
Awards
Scientific career
FieldsTheoretical astrophysics
ThesisThe interaction between mesons and light atoms (1951)
Doctoral advisorH.S.W. Massey
Websitecasswww.ucsd.edu/archive/personal/gburbidge.html

Geoffrey Ronald Burbidge FRS (24 September 1925 – 26 January 2010) was an English astronomy professor and theoretical astrophysicist, most recently at the University of California, San Diego. He was married to astrophysicist Margaret Burbidge and was the second author of the influential B2FH paper which she led.