Name Roger Angel | ||
Roger angell at 2011 pen literary awards ceremony
James Roger Prior Angel (born February 7, 1941 in St. Helens, Lancashire, England) is a British-born American astronomer, and is Regents Professor and Professor of Astronomy and Optical Sciences at the University of Arizona.
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Education
He graduated from St Peter's College, Oxford, with a BA, in 1963, from California Institute of Technology, with an MA in 1966, and from the University of Oxford, with a D Phil, in 1967.
Career and research
He has taught at Columbia University. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society. He was elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1990.
On August 23, 2012, Angel and his inventions were the subject of a story on NPR's Morning Edition.
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