John Bernard Hearnshaw FRSNZ MNZM (born 16 March 1946)[1] is a New Zealand astronomer who is Emeritus Professor of Astronomy at the University of Canterbury.[2][3] He served as director of the Mt John University Observatory at the University of Canterbury from 1976 to 2008. He is a member of the International Astronomical Union and was president of its Commission 30 (on radial velocities) from 1997 to 2000. He is a fellow of the Royal Society of New Zealand and the Royal Astronomical Society of New Zealand. In 2017, he was honoured with a Queen's Birthday honour for his astronomical work.[1][4][5] The minor planet 5207 Hearnshaw is named after him.[6]
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Born | John Bernard Hearnshaw (1946-03-16) 16 March 1946 (age 76) Wellington, New Zealand |
Nationality | New Zealand |
Education | Trinity College, Cambridge University of Cambridge Australian National University University of Canterbury |
Awards | Humboldt Fellowship (1981–82) Murray Geddes Prize from the Royal Astronomical Society of New Zealand (1986) |
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Fields | Astronomy |
Institutions | University of Canterbury |
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