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Jocelyn Bell Burnell

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Dame Susan Jocelyn Bell Burnell (; née Bell; born 15 July 1943) is a Northern Irish physicist who, as a doctoral student, discovered the first radio pulsars in 1967. This discovery later earned the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1974, but she was not among the awardees. Bell Burnell was president of the Royal Astronomical Society from 2002 to 2004, president of the Institute of Physics from October 2008 until October 2010, and interim president of the Institute following the death of her successor, Marshall Stoneham, in early 2011. She was Chancellor of the University of Dundee from 2018 to 2023. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jocelyn Bell Burnell is the 25th most popular astronomer (up from 26th in 2019), the 320th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 290th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular British Astronomer.

Jocelyn Bell Burnell is most famous for her discovery of pulsars, which are neutron stars that emit electromagnetic radiation.

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Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, Jocelyn Bell Burnell ranks 25 out of 644. Before her are Joseph Hooton Taylor Jr., Carl Sagan, Avempace, Aryabhata, Caroline Herschel, and Abd al-Rahman al-Sufi. After her are Charles Messier, Giuseppe Piazzi, Neil deGrasse Tyson, Roger Joseph Boscovich, Riccardo Giacconi, and Charles Greeley Abbot.

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Among people born in 1943, Jocelyn Bell Burnell ranks 20. Before her are Toto Cutugno, Sharon Tate, Michael Mann, Albano Carrisi, Tarja Halonen, and Roger Waters. After her are Joe Pesci, Ben Kingsley, Keith Richards, Sadako Sasaki, Elena Ferrante, and Christopher Walken.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Jocelyn Bell Burnell ranks 320 out of 8,785. Before her are Thomas Reid (1710), Roger Waters (1943), Princess Alice, Duchess of Gloucester (1901), Robert Shaw (1927), Kate Bush (1958), and Charlotte, Princess Royal (1766). After her are Prince Richard, Duke of Gloucester (1944), Tim Berners-Lee (1955), Henry FitzRoy, 1st Duke of Richmond and Somerset (1519), Frederick North, Lord North (1732), Francis Crick (1916), and Ben Kingsley (1943).

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Among ASTRONOMERS In United Kingdom

Among astronomers born in United Kingdom, Jocelyn Bell Burnell ranks 2. Before her are Edmond Halley (1656). After her are William Lassell (1799), Martin Ryle (1918), Arthur Eddington (1882), Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin (1900), John Michell (1724), James Bradley (1693), John Flamsteed (1646), Fred Hoyle (1915), Antony Hewish (1924), and John Russell Hind (1823).

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