Personenprofil

Wright, Kenneth Osborne

1911–2002

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Biografie

He was educated at the University of Toronto (1940), and received a DSc (Hon.) from Copernicus University in Poland in 1973.

He joined the Dominion Astrophysical Observatory in Victoria BC in 1936.

He was the Director there 1966-76.

He was a Lecturer in Physics at UBC (1943-4), Visiting Professor at the University of Toronto 1960-61.

He was a Research Associate at Mt. Wilson and Mt. Palomar Observatories in 1962.

He was Visiting Foreign Professor at Amherst-Mt. Holyoke University (1963) and Honorary Professor of Physics at the University of Victoria (1965-81).

He served on the Senate of the University of Victoria 1973-78.

He was the President of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada 1964-66.

Referenzen

Obituary 02/08/2002 Victoria Times Colonist

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