About Rod Davies
Lived 1930 – 2015 (aged 85). Rod Davies was a British astronomer.
Rodney Deane Davies CBE FRS (8 January 1930 – 8 November 2015) was a professor of Radio Astronomy at the University of Manchester. He was the President of the Royal Astronomical Society in 1987–1989, and the Director of Jodrell Bank Observatory in 1988–97. He is best known for his research on the Cosmic microwave background and the 21cm line.
Personal life Davies was born on 8 January 1930 He received a CBE in 1995.
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British astronomer (1930–2015)
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Rod Davies was born on 8 January 1930 in Balaklava.
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Rod Davies died on 8 November 2015.
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Rod Davies was an astronomer.
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