Nalin Chandra Wickramasinghe

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Nalin_Chandra_Wickramasinghe
GPTKB entity
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gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:person
gptkbp:almaMater gptkb:University_of_Cambridge
gptkb:University_of_Ceylon
gptkbp:awardReceived gptkb:Fellow_of_the_Royal_Astronomical_Society
Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts
gptkbp:child gptkb:Chandra_Wickramasinghe
gptkbp:citizenship gptkb:Sri_Lanka
gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:dateOfBirth 1939-01-20
gptkbp:doctoralAdvisor gptkb:Fred_Hoyle
gptkbp:education gptkb:University_of_Cambridge
gptkb:University_of_Ceylon
gptkbp:fieldOfWork gptkb:astronomy
gptkb:mathematics
astrobiology
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Nalin Chandra Wickramasinghe
gptkbp:knownFor gptkb:panspermia_hypothesis
work on cosmic dust
collaboration with Fred Hoyle
gptkbp:nationality gptkb:Sri_Lankan
British
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:mathematician
astronomer
gptkbp:placeOfBirth gptkb:Colombo
gptkbp:publishedIn books on astrobiology
papers on interstellar dust
gptkbp:residence gptkb:Sri_Lanka
gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Priyani_Elizabeth_Soysa
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Chandra_Wickramasinghe
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6