Ian Axford
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Born | William Ian Axford 2 January 1933 Max Planck Institute for Aeronomy (1974–2001) (1982–1985)Victoria University of Wellington |
Sir William Ian Axford
Life and work
Axford studied at Canterbury University in Christchurch for his double bachelor's degrees in science and engineering, followed by a double Master's in science with first class honours and in engineering with distinction, then undertook doctoral studies at the University of Manchester and received his PhD in 1960.[2]
After a year at the University of Cambridge in 1960, where he played two matches of first-class cricket for the Cambridge University Cricket Club,[3] Axford then joined the Defence Research Board of Canada, where he published one of his most cited papers: A unifying theory of high-latitude geophysical phenomena and geomagnetic storms, in 1961.[4] He became a professor of physics and astronomy at Cornell University, Ithaca, New York in 1963. He later moved to the University of California, San Diego.
Axford became a director at the
while Axford was director of the institute. The science of all three missions had a strong connection to the activity of the Sun: SOHO and Ulysses monitored solar activity, and the Giotto mission was able to monitor the interaction of solar particles with Halley's Comet. Most of Axford's research was associated with the magnetosphere and the heliosphere.He died at his home in Napier on 13 March 2010, aged 77, following a long illness.[6][7][8][9][10][11]
Honours
Axford received several awards, for example the
On his 60th birthday, the asteroid
In 2021, Mount Axford, a mountain in Fiordland National Park, was named in his honour.[14]
References
- S2CID 71073144.
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- ^ Ian Axford – CricketArchive. Retrieved 27 November 2012.
- doi:10.1139/p61-172.
- ^ "Professor Sir Ian Axford". Archived from the original on 20 March 2010. Retrieved 21 March 2010.
- ^ a b "Professor Sir Ian Axford tritt in den Ruhestand (Professor Sir Ian Axford retires)". Archived from the original on 13 June 2011. Retrieved 21 March 2010.
- ^ a b "CENTREFOLD: Professor W. Ian Axford" (PDF). Retrieved 21 March 2010.
- ^ "Tributes for NZ space scientist". 17 March 2010. Retrieved 21 March 2010. with image of Ian Axford
- ^ "Professor W. Ian Axford". Retrieved 21 March 2010.
- ^ "NZ space scientist Sir Ian Axford dies". The New Zealand Herald. 17 March 2010. Retrieved 21 March 2010.
- ^ a b "Death of Sir Ian Axford, NZ scientist". Retrieved 21 March 2010.
- ^ "No. 54256". The London Gazette (2nd supplement). 30 December 1995. p. 33.
- ^ "A-C". Royal Society Te Apārangi. Retrieved 25 March 2024.
- ^ New Zealand Geographic Board (13 October 2021). "Mount Axford Officially Named After Prominent Space Scientist". Scoop. Retrieved 13 October 2021.