Roderick Oliver Redman | |
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| Alma mater | St John's College, Cambridge |
| Awards | Fellow of the Royal Society[1] |
| Scientific career | |
| Institutions | University of Cambridge |
Roderick Oliver RedmanFRS[1] (1905–1975) was Professor of Astronomy at theUniversity of Cambridge.[2][3][4]
Redman was born atRodborough nearStroud,Gloucestershire and educated atMarling School andSt John's College, Cambridge.
He was director of theUniversity of Cambridge Observatories 1947–72. He had started his career at theDominion Astrophysical Observatory (DAO) inVictoria,British Columbia 1928–31. He moved toCambridge University, UK and was Assistant Director at the Solar Physics Observatory 1931–37. he was then Chief Assistant at theOxford UniversityRadcliffe Observatory outsidePretoria,South Africa from 1939–1947.[5] Among his doctoral students were John Hutchings, Colin Scarfe, and Gordon Walker. He received hisPh.D. under the direction ofArthur Stanley Eddington in 1931.[6][7] In 1946 he was elected aFellow of the Royal Society.[1]
From 1947 to 1972 he was Director of Combined Observatories. He served as president of theRoyal Astronomical Society from 1959 to 1961.
The innermain-belt asteroid7886 Redman, discovered by Canadian astronomerDavid D. Balam in 1993, has been named in his memory, jointly with the astronomerRussell Ormond Redman.[4] No relation except for their shared initials and the fact that both worked at the DAO during significant parts of their careers. The official naming citation was published on 10 June 1998 (M.P.C.32095).[8]
