| gptkbp:instanceOf | gptkb:person gptkb:astronomer
 
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                                | gptkbp:almaMater | gptkb:Clare_College,_Cambridge 
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                                | gptkbp:awardReceived | gptkb:Bruce_Medal gptkb:Eddington_Medal
 gptkb:Gold_Medal_of_the_Royal_Astronomical_Society
 gptkb:Heineman_Prize_for_Astrophysics
 
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                                | gptkbp:birthDate | 1935-04-05 
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                                | gptkbp:birthPlace | gptkb:Dover,_Kent,_England 
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                                | gptkbp:child | gptkb:Alice_Lynden-Bell gptkb:David_Lynden-Bell
 gptkb:Eleanor_Lynden-Bell
 
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                                | gptkbp:deathDate | 2018-11-06 
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                                | gptkbp:deathPlace | gptkb:Cambridge,_England 
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                                | gptkbp:doctoralAdvisor | gptkb:Leon_Mestel 
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                                | gptkbp:doctoralStudent | gptkb:Roger_Blandford gptkb:James_Binney
 
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                                | gptkbp:education | gptkb:University_of_Cambridge 
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                                | gptkbp:fieldOfWork | astrophysics galactic astronomy
 theoretical astronomy
 
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                                | gptkbp:knownFor | gptkb:Lynden-Bell_mechanism galactic dynamics
 formation of galaxies
 supermassive black holes
 
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                                | gptkbp:memberOf | gptkb:Royal_Astronomical_Society gptkb:Royal_Society
 
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                                | gptkbp:nationality | British 
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                                | gptkbp:notableWork | gptkb:Lynden-Bell_statistics work on the dynamics of galaxies
 1971 paper on supermassive black holes in galactic nuclei
 
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                                | gptkbp:occupation | gptkb:astronomer 
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                                | gptkbp:president | gptkb:Royal_Astronomical_Society 
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                                | gptkbp:spouse | gptkb:Ruth_Lynden-Bell 
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                                | gptkbp:workInstitution | gptkb:University_of_Cambridge gptkb:Institute_of_Astronomy,_Cambridge
 
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                                | gptkbp:bfsParent | gptkb:George_Efstathiou gptkb:Martin_Schwarzschild
 
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                                | gptkbp:bfsLayer | 5 
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                                | https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label | Donald Lynden-Bell 
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