10 Facts About Alexander Dalgarno

Alexander Dalgarno FRS was a British physicist who was a Phillips Professor of Astronomy at Harvard University.

Alexander Dalgarno was born in London in 1928, and spent his childhood there.

Alexander Dalgarno was educated in mathematics and atomic physics at University College, London, earning a Ph.

Alexander Dalgarno was an academic at the Queen's University, Belfast from 1951 to 1967 where he worked with Sir David Bates and rose from assistant lecturer to professor.

Alexander Dalgarno was cited in the Nebula Award winning novel The Quantum Rose by Catherine Asaro, a science-fiction novel based on Asaro's doctoral work while she was a Ph.

Alexander Dalgarno married Barbara Kane, from whom he was later divorced, and had four children.

Alexander Dalgarno's work was recognized by many awards, including the prize of the International Academy of Quantum Molecular Science, the Davisson-Germer Prize of the American Physical Society, the William F Meggers Award of the Optical Society of America, the Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society and the Benjamin Franklin Medal in Physics from the Franklin Institute.

Alexander Dalgarno was a Fellow of the American Geophysical Union and the American Physical Society and a member of the US National Academy of Sciences.

Alexander Dalgarno was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1972 and awarded their prestigious Hughes Medal in 2002.

Alexander Dalgarno was a member of the International Academy of Quantum Molecular Science.