Roderick Oliver Redman

Roderick Oliver Redman

Roderick Oliver Redman (b. 1905, d. 1975) was Professor of Astronomy at Cambridge University. He was director of the University of Cambridge Observatories 1947- 1972. He had started his career at the Dominion Astrophysical Observatory (DAO) in Victoria, British Columbia 1928-31. and was Chief Assistant at the Oxford University Radcliffe Observatory outside Pretoria, South Africa, from 1939-1947. [ [http://www.saao.ac.za/assa/html/his-obs-radcliffe.html SAAO] Radcliffe Observatory ] Among his doctoral students were John Hutchings, Colin Scarfe, and Gordon Walker. . He received his PhD under the direction of Arthur Stanley Eddington in 1931. ["R. O. Redman died." Nature, Vol. 254, p. 371 (1975) ]

The asteroid 1993 PE (7886 Redman)has been named for him jointly with the astronomer Russell Ormond Redman, no relation except for their shared initials and the fact that both worked at the DAO during significant parts of their careers.

References

External links

* [http://www.casca.ca/ecass/issues/1998-JS/redman.html Canadian Astronomical Society]
* [http://www.rasc.ca/education/asteroids.shtml Bio at CAS]

External links

* [http://www.casca.ca/ecass/issues/1998-JS/redman.html Canadian Astronomical Society]
* [http://www.rasc.ca/education/asteroids.shtml Bio at CAS]


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