Roger Griffin (astronomer)

Roger F. Griffin
Born	23 August 1935[1]
Died	12 February 2021(2021-02-12) (aged 85)[1]
Alma mater	University of Cambridge
Scientific career
Fields	Astronomy
Institutions	University of Cambridge, California Institute of Technology

Roger Francis Griffin (23 August 1935 – 12 February 2021) was an astronomer and emeritus professor of Observational Astronomy at the University of Cambridge.[2][3]

Griffin was raised in Surrey, and educated at Caterham School and St John's College, Cambridge, where he studied for a BA in Natural Sciences and a PhD in Astronomy. After receiving his doctorate he was a Research Fellow at St John's, and a Fellow there from 1972 until his death.[1] His most notable works are in the area of spectrography of stars.[4]

Griffin featured, along with Donald Lynden-Bell, Neville Woolf, and Wallace Sargent, in the 2015 documentary Star Men, which detailed their camaraderie and contributions to astronomy, and retraced their trip through the Southwestern United States.

Major publications

• Griffin RF. Positions of optical objects in the fields of 42 radio sources. The Astronomical Journal. 1963 Aug;68:421. According to Google Scholar, this article has been cited 107 times.[5]
• Krisciunas K, Griffin RF, Guinan EF, Luedeke KD, McCook GP. 9 Aurigae: strong evidence for non-radial pulsations. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 1995 Apr 1;273(3):662-74. According to Google Scholar, this article has been cited 49 times.[5]
• Griffin, RF. A Photometric Atlas of the Spectrum of Arcturus, λλ 3600-8825 Å. Cambridge Philosophical Society. 1968. 302 citations.

References

1. "Stargazer and Fellow of St John's dies aged 85 | StJohns". www.joh.cam.ac.uk. 17 February 2021. Retrieved 17 February 2021.
2. "Professor Roger F Griffin". www.joh.cam.ac.uk. Retrieved 17 February 2021.
3. "International Astronomical Union | IAU". www.iau.org.
4. "NASA/ADS". ui.adsabs.harvard.edu.
5. "Google Scholar". scholar.google.com. Retrieved 20 June 2020.