1. Sir Arnold Whittaker Wolfendale was a British astronomer who served as the fourteenth Astronomer Royal from 1991 to 1995.
11 Facts About Arnold Wolfendale
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Arnold Wolfendale was Professor of Physics at Durham University from 1965 until 1992 and served as president of the European Physical Society.
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Arnold Wolfendale was president of the Royal Astronomical Society from 1981 to 1983.
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Arnold Wolfendale's family moved to Flixton, Lancashire when he was 18 months.
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Arnold Wolfendale was elected a fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society in 1973, and a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1977.
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Arnold Wolfendale served as Astronomer Royal from 1991 to 1995.
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In 1992, Arnold Wolfendale retired from teaching, and he was knighted in 1995.
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Arnold Wolfendale was an honorary DSc of Bucharest University and foreign member of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences.
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In 1992 Arnold Wolfendale became patron of the Society for Popular Astronomy and was a keen supporter of its activities.
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Arnold Wolfendale opened Kielder Observatory, Northumberland in 2008, and was its Patron.
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Arnold Wolfendale married anthropologist Dorothy Middleton, at Durham Cathedral, on 5 September 2015.