Dame Jocelyn Bell Burnell

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

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Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:scientist astronomer
gptkbp:almaMater	gptkb:University_of_Cambridge gptkb:University_of_Glasgow
gptkbp:awardReceived	gptkb:Albert_A._Michelson_Medal gptkb:Commander_of_the_Order_of_the_British_Empire gptkb:Herschel_Medal gptkb:J._Robert_Oppenheimer_Memorial_Prize gptkb:Michael_Faraday_Prize gptkb:Order_of_the_British_Empire gptkb:Royal_Astronomical_Society_Gold_Medal gptkb:Royal_Medal gptkb:Royal_Society_Bakerian_Medal gptkb:Special_Breakthrough_Prize_in_Fundamental_Physics
gptkbp:birthDate	1943-07-15
gptkbp:birthName	gptkb:Susan_Jocelyn_Bell
gptkbp:birthPlace	gptkb:Belfast,_Northern_Ireland
gptkbp:children	gptkb:Gavin_Burnell
gptkbp:citizenship	gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:discoveredBy	pulsars
gptkbp:doctoralAdvisor	gptkb:Antony_Hewish
gptkbp:fieldOfWork	astrophysics radio astronomy
gptkbp:gender	female
gptkbp:honorificPrefix	Dame DBE FRS FRSE FRAS FInstP
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Dame Jocelyn Bell Burnell
gptkbp:influenced	many women in science
gptkbp:influencedBy	gptkb:Antony_Hewish
gptkbp:knownFor	discovery of pulsars
gptkbp:memberOf	gptkb:Institute_of_Physics gptkb:Royal_Astronomical_Society gptkb:Royal_Society
gptkbp:nationality	British
gptkbp:notableStudent	gptkb:Andrew_Lyne
gptkbp:positionHeld	gptkb:President_of_the_Royal_Astronomical_Society gptkb:Chancellor_of_the_University_of_Dundee gptkb:President_of_the_Royal_Society_of_Edinburgh President of the Institute of Physics
gptkbp:religion	gptkb:Quaker
gptkbp:spouse	gptkb:Martin_Burnell
gptkbp:thesisTitle	gptkb:The_Measurement_of_Radio_Source_Diameters_using_a_Diffraction_Method
gptkbp:thesisYear	1969
gptkbp:website	https://www.jocelynbellburnell.com/
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:University_of_Dundee
gptkbp:bfsLayer	5