Donald Lynden-Bell

Donald Lynden-Bell
Donald Lynden-Bell

Donald Lynden-Bell CBE FRS was a British theoretical astrophysicist. He was the first to determine that galaxies contain supermassive black holes at their centres, and that such black holes power quasars. Lynden-Bell was President of the Royal Astronomical Society (1985–87) and received numerous awards for his work, including the inaugural Kavli Prize for Astrophysics. He worked at the University of Cambridge for his entire career, where he was the first director of its Institute of Astronomy.

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Date of Birth
April 5th, 1935
Age
91
Birth Place
United Kingdom, England
Date of Death
February 6th, 2018
Died Aged
82
Star Sign
Aries
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