Chandra Wickramasinghe

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Chandra_Wickramasinghe

GPTKB entity

Statements (54)

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:person
gptkbp:almaMater	gptkb:University_of_Cambridge
gptkbp:birthDate	1939-01-20
gptkbp:birthName	gptkb:Nalin_Chandra_Wickramasinghe
gptkbp:birthPlace	gptkb:Colombo
gptkbp:children	gptkb:Dylan_Wickramasinghe gptkb:Shanthi_Wickramasinghe
gptkbp:collaboratedWith	gptkb:Fred_Hoyle
gptkbp:doctoralAdvisor	gptkb:Fred_Hoyle
gptkbp:education	gptkb:University_of_Cambridge gptkb:University_of_Ceylon
gptkbp:field	gptkb:astronomy gptkb:cosmology astrobiology
gptkbp:honor	gptkb:Fellow_of_the_Royal_Astronomical_Society gptkb:Fellow_of_the_Institute_of_Mathematics_and_its_Applications Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Chandra Wickramasinghe
gptkbp:knownFor	gptkb:panspermia_hypothesis cosmic dust research
gptkbp:memberOf	gptkb:Institute_of_Mathematics_and_its_Applications gptkb:Royal_Astronomical_Society
gptkbp:nationality	gptkb:Sri_Lankan British
gptkbp:notableWork	gptkb:The_Search_for_Life_on_Mars gptkb:The_Cosmic_Blueprint gptkb:A_Journey_with_Fred_Hoyle gptkb:Astronomical_Origins_of_Life gptkb:Cosmic_Dragons gptkb:Diseases_from_Space gptkb:Evolution_from_Space gptkb:Lifecloud gptkb:Our_Cosmic_Ancestry_in_the_Stars gptkb:The_Big_Bang_and_God gptkb:The_Discovery_of_Cosmic_Dust gptkb:The_Living_Universe gptkb:The_Origin_of_Life gptkb:The_Search_for_Extraterrestrial_Intelligence gptkb:The_Search_for_Extraterrestrial_Life gptkb:The_Search_for_Our_Cosmic_Ancestry gptkb:The_Theory_of_Cosmic_Life gptkb:The_Universe:_A_Third_Millennium_Primer gptkb:The_Cosmic_Connection Proofs that Life is Cosmic
gptkbp:occupation	astronomer
gptkbp:publishedIn	gptkb:Nature gptkb:Astrophysics_and_Space_Science
gptkbp:spouse	gptkb:Priyani_Wickramasinghe
gptkbp:theory	gptkb:panspermia
gptkbp:workInstitution	gptkb:Cardiff_University gptkb:University_of_Buckingham gptkb:University_of_Ruhuna
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Fred_Hoyle
gptkbp:bfsLayer	5