Bernard Pagel
Bernard Ephraim Julius Pagel (born January 4, 1930 in Berlin , † July 14, 2007 in Ringmer , East Sussex ) was a British astronomer .
biography
Pagel was born in Berlin in 1930 , the son of the medical historian Walter Pagel and his wife Magda. In 1933 the family left National Socialist Germany and moved to England.
Pagel studied physics at Cambridge University and received his doctorate in 1955 . He worked long as an astronomer at the Royal Greenwich Observatory and at the same time as a professor at the University of Sussex . After his retirement he went to Nordita in Copenhagen and later again to the University of Sussex.
Pagel dealt with the origin of the elements and the development of their abundance in the universe. He did fundamental work on the abundance of elements in stars, gas nebulae and galaxies.
Pagel and his wife Annabel have three children. He died in 2007 of complications from cancer.
Works
- Nucleosynthesis and Chemical Evolution of Galaxies. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 1997, ISBN 0-521-55061-0 .
Honors
- 1990: Gold Medal from the Royal Astronomical Society
- 1992: Fellow of the Royal Society
literature
- Mike Edmunds: Professor BEJ Pagel - Astronomical spectroscopist. ( Memento of September 30, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) In: The Independent , August 22, 2007.
Web links
- Publications by B. Pagel in the Astrophysics Data System
- University of Sussex: Obituaries ( February 18, 2012 memento on the Internet Archive ) Bulletin, July 27, 2007.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Pagel, Bernard |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Pagel, Bernard Ephraim Julius |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British astronomer and physicist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 4th January 1930 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Berlin |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 14, 2007 |
| Place of death | Ringmer |