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Martin Rees
Sign in to saveAlso known as Baron Rees of Ludlow, Martin John Rees, Baron Rees of Ludlow, OM, FRS, FREng, FMedSci, Lord Martin Rees, Professor Martin John Rees, Baron Rees of Ludlow, Sir Martin Rees, Rees M. J.
British cosmologist and astrophysicist (1942-)
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Martin John Rees is a British physicist, astronomer, politician, and university teacher born in York in 1942. He works in the fields of astrophysics and cosmology. His professional affiliations include the University of Cambridge and Cambridge University Press. He has also been employed by Gresham College, the University of Sussex, and the University of Leicester. Rees holds the position of Astronomer Royal.
He is a Fellow of the Royal Society and a member of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters, the Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei, and the National Academy of Sciences. His awards include the UNESCO Niels Bohr Medal, the Albert Einstein World Award of Science, and the Templeton Prize. Rees was educated at Shrewsbury School and Trinity College, University of Cambridge, where his doctoral advisor was Dennis W. Sciama. He has supervised doctoral students including James E. Pringle, Roger Blandford, Alexander Kashlinsky, and Nicholas Kaiser.
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Key facts
- Preceded by
- Arnold Wolfendale
- Succeeded by
- Michele Dougherty
- Born
- ( 1942-06-23 ) 23 June 1942 (age 83) , York , England
- Party
- None ( crossbencher )
- Spouse s
- Dame Caroline Humphrey , Lady Rees ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1986 )
- Website
- www .ast .cam .ac .uk /~mjr /
- Education
- Shrewsbury School
- Alma mater
- Trinity College, Cambridge ( BA , PhD)
- Known for
- Rees–Sciama effect , 21-cm cosmology , Coining particle chauvinism
- Fields
- Astronomy , Astrophysics
- Institutions
- University of Cambridge , University of Sussex
- Thesis
- Physical processes in radio sources and inter-galactic medium (1967)
- Doctoral advisor
- Dennis Sciama
- Doctoral students
- Roger Blandford Craig Hogan Priyamvada Natarajan James E. Pringle Nick Kaiser
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- John
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- York
- Spouse
- Caroline Humphrey
- Occupation
- cosmologist
- Educated at
- Trinity College
- Employer
- Trinity College
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Doctoral advisor
- Dennis W. Sciama
- Doctoral student
- Nicholas Kaiser
- Field of work
- cosmology
- Official website
- www.ast.cam.ac.uk/~mjr
- Image
- Official portrait of Lord Rees of Ludlow crop 2.jpg
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- Commons category
- Martin Rees
- date of birth
- 1942-06-23
- member of
- International Astronomical Union
- name in native language
- Martin John Rees
- student
- Priyamvada Natarajan
- P10632
- Martin Rees
- affiliation string
- University of Cambridge
- affiliation
- Cambridge University Press
- maintained by WikiProject
- WikiProject Mathematics
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Encyclopedic overview
Martin John Rees, Baron Rees of Ludlow, (born 23 June 1942) is a British cosmologist and astrophysicist. He was the fifteenth Astronomer Royal from 1995 to 2025, Master of Trinity College, Cambridge, from 2004 to 2012, and President of the Royal Society from 2005 to 2010. He has received various physics awards including the Wolf Prize in Physics in 2024 for fundamental contributions to high-energy astrophysics, galaxies and structure formation, and cosmology.
Early life and education
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