Bernard L. Fanaroff
Bernard Lewis Fanaroff FRS (born 1947) is a South African astronomer and trade unionist. He served in several positions in the South African government from 1994 to 2000 related to the Reconstruction and Development Programme, the RDP, and to Safety and Security.From 2003 to 2015 he led South Africa's bid to host the Square Kilometre Array Radio Telescope, the SKA, in Africa and the design and construction of the MeerKAT radio telescope. He is the co-developer of the Fanaroff–Riley classification, a method of classifying radio galaxies. He was the Project Director of South Africa's Square Kilometre Array bid.
Bernie Fanaroff | |
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| Born | Bernard Lewis Fanaroff 1947 (age 76–77) Johannesburg, South Africa |
| Nationality | South African |
| Alma mater | University of the Witwatersrand (BSc) University of Cambridge (PhD) |
| Known for | Fanaroff–Riley classification |
| Spouse | Wendy Vogel |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Radio astronomy |
| Institutions | Square Kilometre Array |
| Thesis | Cosmological Information from Radio Source Spectra (1974) |
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