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About Donald Lynden-Bell
Donald Lynden-Bell, a British theoretical astrophysicist who pioneered research into cosmic quirks like quasars and black holes and with colleagues contradicted the prevailing premise that the universe is expanding evenly, died on Feb. 6 at his home in Cambridge, England. He was 82.
His death was announced by the University of Cambridge, where he was a professor from 1972 until he formally retired in 2001.
Dr. Lynden-Bell, an expert in applying mathematical formulas to physics, was a past president of the Royal Astronomical Society and the first director of the Institute of Astronomy at Cambridge.
He shared the 2008 Kavli Prize for Astrophysics with Maarten Schmidt, a Dutch astronomer who first identified bright and powerful quasi-stellar radio sources, or quasars. Dr. Lynden-Bell, who explained their motion and energy source, shared $3 million in prizes with Dr. Schmidt and five other scientists.
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Donald Lynden-Bell's Timeline
| 1935 |
April 5, 1935
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Dover, Kent, England, United Kingdom
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| 2018 |
February 6, 2018
Age 82
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Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom
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