Ann Savage (astronomer)
Ann Savage FRAS | |
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| Born | Ann Coleman 15 May 1946 Canterbury, Kent, England |
| Died | 9 January 2017 (aged 70) , Australia |
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| Spouse |
Richard Savage (m. 1969) |
| Children | 2 |
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| Fields | Astronomy |
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| Thesis | The Surface Density of Quasars (1978) |
| Doctoral advisor | John Gatenby Bolton |
Ann Savage FRAS (née Coleman; 15 May 1946 – 9 January 2017) was a British astronomer.
Biography
Savage was born 15 May 1946 in
Faversham Grammar School.[1]
After school she worked as a scientific assistant at the
Brighton College of Technology. In 1969 she married Richard Savage. After graduating with a first-class honours degree in 1970 she studied towards an MSc at the astronomy department of the University of Sussex, graduating in 1972.[1][2]
Savage began
DPhil studies at Sussex on quasars, initially working with Margaret Burbidge. In 1974 she relocated to the Parkes Observatory in New South Wales, Australia, working with John Bolton carrying out a photographic survey of the southern celestial hemisphere. She was awarded her DPhil in 1978 with a thesis on the surface density of quasars.[1][2][3]
From 1979 to 1982 she was part of the
Savage retired early in 1995 due to poor health. In 2012 Savage was diagnosed with cancer and died 9 January 2017 in Coonabrabran at the age of 70.[2][1]
References
- ^ doi:10.1093/odnb/9780198614128.013.90000380346. (Subscription or UK public library membershiprequired.)
- ^ ISSN 1366-8781.
- ^ a b "Ann Savage". International Astronomical Union. 15 January 2017. Retrieved 20 August 2023.
Further reading
- Cannon, R.; ISSN 0029-7704.
- Savage, Ann (1994). "Wild, Woolley and Savage—or how John Bolton and I went hunting for Quasars and QSOs". ISSN 0004-9506.
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