What is Jocelyn Bell Burnell's middle name?
Bell
Jocelyn Bell Burnell date of birth:
July 15, 1943
How old is Jocelyn Bell Burnell?
83
Where was Jocelyn Bell Burnell born?
Northern Ireland
What is Jocelyn Bell Burnell nationality?
British
What is Jocelyn Bell Burnell's occupation?
Scientist
Short Biography
Dame (Susan) Jocelyn Bell Burnell, DBE, FRS, PRSE FRAS (born 15 July 1943) is a Northern Irish astrophysicist. As a postgraduate student, she discovered the first radio pulsars while studying and advised by her thesis supervisor Antony Hewish, for which Hewish shared the Nobel Prize in Physics with Martin Ryle, while Bell Burnell was excluded, despite having been the first to observe and precisely analyse the pulsars. 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 was interim president following the death of her successor, Marshall Stoneham, in early 2011. She was succeeded in October 2011 by Sir Peter Knight. Bell Burnell was elected as President of the Royal Society of Edinburgh in October 2014. In March 2013 she was elected Pro-Chancellor of the University of Dublin.