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F. J. M. Stratton, Professor of Astrophysics (1909) from 1928 to 1947.
Donald Lynden-Bell, Professor of Astrophysics (1909) from 1971–1997, and Professor of Astrophysics (1997) from 1997 to 2001.
The creation of the 1909 professorship in Cambridge marked the formal recognition of the relatively new subject of Astrophysics. It was without a stipend until 1928, when the first holder Hugh Newall endowed it on his retirement.[1]
In addition to the permanent chair, the university has established five other Professorships of Astrophysics for single tenures (i.e. as personal chairs).
Mark Wyatt (2016–) – at the Institute of Astronomy
Mike Irwin (2018–) – at the Institute of Astronomy
References
^Roger Hutchins (2008). British University Observatories 1772-1939. Ashgate. p. 303. ISBN978-0-7546-3250-4.
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