
Beatrice Tinsley
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Gender | Female |
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Death | 44 years ago |
Date of birth | January 27,1941 |
Zodiac sign | Aquarius |
Born | Chester |
United Kingdom | |
Date of died | March 23,1981 |
Died | New Haven |
Connecticut | |
United States | |
Known for | Galaxy formation and evolution |
Evolution of galaxies | |
Current partner | Brian Tinsley |
Parents | Edward Hill |
Awards | Annie Jump Cannon Award in Astronomy |
Education | The University of Texas at Austin |
University of Canterbury | |
New Plymouth Girls' High School | |
Nationality | American |
New Zealand | |
Date of Reg. | |
Date of Upd. | |
ID | 805637 |
Beatrice Tinsley Life story
Beatrice Muriel Hill Tinsley was a British-born New Zealand astronomer and cosmologist, and the first female professor of astronomy at Yale University, whose research made fundamental contributions to the astronomical understanding of how galaxies evolve, grow and die.