Category:Richard van der Riet Woolley

**Richard van der Riet Woolley**
	British astronomer royal
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Date of birth	24 April 1906; Weymouth
Date of death	24 December 1986; Somerset West
Country of citizenship	United Kingdom; United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (Royal and Parliamentary Titles Act 1927, –1927);
Educated at	University of Cape Town; Gonville and Caius College; Allhallows College;
Occupation	astronomer;
Employer	Cambridge Observatory;
Member of	Royal Society; Australian Academy of Science;
Position held	Astronomer Royal (1956–1971);
Field of work	solar astronomy;
Noble title	Knight Bachelor;
Award received	Fellow of the Royal Society; Officer of the Order of the British Empire; Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society (1971); Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science (1953); Knight Bachelor;
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