Biographical entry Freeman, Kenneth Charles (1940 - )

Summary

Ken Freeman is Duffield Professor and Distinguished Professor at the Research School of Astronomy and Astrophysics in the Institute of Advanced Studies, Australian National University. He is located at the Mount Stromlo Observatory in Canberra where he researches and observes galaxies, dark matter and globular clusters. Freeman has also held many visiting appointments at overseas institutes, has served on numerous committees and boards, has published widely and is a member of some of the world's leading scientific bodies including the Royal Society of London.

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1962

Education - Bachelor of Science with Honours (BSc (Hons)) completed at the University of Western Australia

1965

Education - Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) completed in the Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics at the University of Cambridge, UK

1965 - 1969

Career position - Research Fellow at Trinity College in Cambridge

1966

Career position - Post-Doctoral Fellow in Astronomy at the University of Texas and McDonald Observatory, USA

1967 - 1970

Career position - Astronomer and Queen Elizabeth Fellow at the Mount Stromlo and Siding Spring Observatories, The Australian National University in Canberra

1970 - 1981

Career position - Fellow then Senior Fellow at the Mount Stromlo and Siding Spring Observatories

1972

Award - Pawsey Medal received from the Australian Academy of Science

1976

Career position - Senior Scientist at the Kapteyn Laboratory in Groningen, The Netherlands

1981 -

Award - Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science (FAA)

1981 -

Award - Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science (FAA)

1981 - 2000

Career position - Professorial Fellow then Professor at the Mount Stromlo and Siding Spring Observatories

1982 - 1987

Career position - Chairman of the Advisory Committee for Instrumentation on the Anglo Australian Telescope

1984

Career position - Visiting Member of the Institute of Advanced Studies in Princeton, USA

1988 -

Career position - Distinguished Visiting Scientist at the Space Telescope Science Institute (Princeton?)

1988

Career position - Visiting Member of the Institute of Advanced Studies in Princeton, USA

1988 - 1992

Career position - Member of the UK Schmidt Telescope Advisory Committee

1998 -

Award - Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS)

1999

Education - Honorary Doctor of Science (DSc) received from the University of Western Australia

2000 -

Career position - Duffield Professor at the Mount Stromlo and Siding Spring Observatories

2001 - 2004

Career position - Member of the Anglo Australian Telescope Board

2002 -

Career position - Associate of the Royal Astronomical Society

2003

Award - Centenary Medal received from the Australian Government

2004

Award - Antoinette de Vaucouleurs Lecture and Medal received from the University of Texas

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• National Library of Australia, 'Freeman Kenneth Charles', Trove, National Library of Australia and the Australian National Maritime Museum Darling Harbour, 2009, http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1476337. Details