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Freeman, Kenneth Charles (1940 - )

FRS, FAA
 
Astronomer
Born: 27 August 1940  Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Kenneth Charles (Ken) Freeman is Duffield Professor and Distinguished Professor at the Research School of Astronomy and Astrophysics in the Institute of Advanced Studies, Australian National University. He is located at the Mount Stromlo Observatory in Canberra where he researches and observes galaxies, dark matter and globular clusters. Freeman has also held many visiting appointments at overseas institutes, has served on numerous committees and boards, has published widely and is a member of some of the world’s leading scientific bodies including the Royal Society of London.

Career Highlights
URL: The home page for this entity is located at http://www.mso.anu.edu.au/people/view.php?username=kcf

Chronology
1962Bachelor of Science with Honours (BSc (Hons)) completed at the University of Western Australia
1965Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) completed in the Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics at the University of Cambridge, UK
1965 - 1969Research Fellow at Trinity College in Cambridge
1966Post-Doctoral Fellow in Astronomy at the University of Texas and McDonald Observatory, USA
1967 - 1970Astronomer and Queen Elizabeth Fellow at the Mount Stromlo and Siding Spring Observatories, The Australian National University in Canberra
1970 - 1981Fellow then Senior Fellow at the Mount Stromlo and Siding Spring Observatories
1972Pawsey Medal received from the Australian Academy of Science
1976Senior Scientist at the Kapteyn Laboratory in Groningen, The Netherlands
1981 - Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science (FAA)
1981 - Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science (FAA)
1981 - 2000Professororial Fellow then Professor at the Mount Stromlo and Siding Spring Observatories
1982 - 1987Chairman of the Advisory Committee for Instrumentation on the Anglo Australian Telescope
1984Visiting Member of the Institute of Advanced Studies in Princeton, USA
1988 - Distinguished Visiting Scientist at the Space Telescope Science Institute (Princeton?)
1988Visiting Member of the Institute of Advanced Studies in Princeton, USA
1988 - 1992Member of the UK Schmidt Telescope Advisory Committee
1998 - Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS)
1999Honorary Doctor of Science (DSc) received from the University of Western Australia
2000 - Duffield Professor at the Mount Stromlo and Siding Spring Observatories
2001 - 2004Member of the Anglo Australian Telescope Board
2002 - Associate of the Royal Astronomical Society
2003Centenary Medal received from the Australian Government
2004Antoinette de Vaucouleurs Lecture and Medal received from the University of Texas

 

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