Spouse Heather Peacock | Name John Peacock Books Cosmological Physics Role Astronomer Fields Astrophysics, Cosmology | |
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Born John Andrew Peacock
27 March 1956 (age 67)
Shaftesbury, England, UK ( 1956-03-27 ) Institutions University of Edinburgh Thesis The radio spectra and cosmological evolution of extragalactic radio sources (1990) Known for Large-scale structure of galaxies Notable awards Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh (2006)
Fellow of the Royal Society (2007)
Shaw Prize in Astronomy (2014) | ||
Doctoral advisor M. Longair,
J. Wall Alma mater Jesus College, Cambridge Institution University of Edinburgh | ||
John Andrew Peacock, FRS, FRSE (born 27 March 1956) is a British cosmologist, astronomer, and academic. He has been Professor of Cosmology at the University of Edinburgh since 1998. He was joint-winner of the 2014 Shaw Prize.
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Early life and education
Peacock was born on 27 March 1956 in Shaftesbury, Dorset, England, to Arthur Peacock and Isobel Peacock (née Moir). He studied Natural Sciences at Jesus College, Cambridge, and graduated with a first class Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree in 1977. He then undertook postgraduate research at the University of Cambridge's Cavendish Laboratory under the supervision of M. S. Longair and J. V. Wall. He completed his Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) degree in 1981 with a doctoral thesis titled "The radio spectra and cosmological evolution of extragalactic radio sources".
Personal life
In 1982, Peacock married Heather. She is a nurse and medical educator. Together, they have three children: Duncan (born 1986), Imogen (born 1989), and Sophie (born 1991).
Honours
In 2006, Peacock was elected Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh (FRSE). In 2007, he was elected Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS). In 2014, he was jointly awarded the Shaw Prize for Astronomy 'for their contributions to the measurements of features in the large-scale structure of galaxies used to constrain the cosmological model including baryon acoustic oscillations and redshift-space distortions'. His co-recipients were Daniel Eisenstein and Shaun Cole.