Malcolm Longair

thesis_title = The evolution of radio galaxies thesis_year = 1967 thesis_url = http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.648088 known_for = influences = influenced = awards = Britannica Award (1986) is a British physicist. From 1991 to 2008 he was the Jacksonian Professor of Natural Philosophy in the Cavendish Laboratory at the University of Cambridge. Since 2016 he has been editor-in-chief of the Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society. and educated at Morgan Academy, Dundee, Scotland. supervised by Martin Ryle. and has authored or co-authored biographies of John E. Baldwin, Vitaly Ginzburg, Brian Pippard, Geoffrey Burbidge and David J. C. MacKay.

During his career, he supervised numerous PhD students including Jim Dunlop, 1995 - Chairman of the Space Telescope Science Institute Council for 1995–6. 1996 - President of the Royal Astronomical Society 1996–8. 2000 - Appointed CBE in the 2000 New Year Honours List. 2004 - Elected a Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS).

Personal life Since 1975, Longhair has been married to Deborah Howard, an architectural historian. Together they have two children.

Selected publications Books 2nd: pbk, 1992, 440pp.,

revised and enlarged 2nd edition: 2003, 588pp.,

Papers

he had published 298 papers.