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Ian Morison
Ian Morison Royal Astronomical Society, FRAS (born 22 November 1943) is an astronomer and astrophysicist who served as the 35th Gresham Professor of Astronomy. Life Morison was born in Felpham, England. He attended Chichester High School before going on to study Physics, Mathematics and Astronomy at Hertford College, University of Oxford. He lives in Macclesfield, England with his wife Judy. Career and recognition Jodrell Bank Centre for Astrophysics Morison joined the University of Manchester, University of Manchester's Jodrell Bank Observatory as a research student in 1965 before becoming a staff member in 1970. Initially working on data acquisition systems for the observatory's own instruments including the Lovell Telescope, Lovell and Mark II (radio telescope), Mk II radio telescopes, he went on to play a key role in the development of E-Merlin, MERLIN, an array of radio telescopes with a resolution in the radio spectrum comparable to that of the Hubble Space Teles ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Felpham
Felpham (, sometimes pronounced locally as ''Felf-fm'') is a village and civil parish in the Arun District of West Sussex, England. Although sometimes considered part of the urban area of greater Bognor Regis, it is a village and civil parish in its own right, having an area of 4.26 km2 with a population of 9,611 people that is still growing (2001 census). The population at the 2011 Census was 9,746. Felpham lies on the B2259 coastal road. The 12th century Anglican parish church is dedicated to the Virgin Mary. There is also a Methodist church close to the three-way junction of Felpham Way, Flansham Lane and Middleton Road, in the east of the village. History Felpham is mentioned in a charter of 953 by which King Eadred granted thirty hides of land there to his mother Queen Eadgifu. It was mentioned in the Domesday Book of the 11th century, under the hundred of Binstead: "St Edward's Abbey haftesburyholds and held Felpham before 1066..." Its value before 1066 was said ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
