Donald Lynden-Bell, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Donald Lynden-Bell

English astrophysicist

Date of Birth: 05-Apr-1935

Place of Birth: Dover, England, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 06-Feb-2018

Profession: astronomer, astrophysicist, university teacher

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Aries

Donald Lynden-Bell CBE FRS (5 April 1935 – 6 February 2018) was a British theoretical astrophysicist.
He was the first to determine that galaxies contain supermassive black holes at their centres, and that such black holes power quasars.
Lynden-Bell was President of the Royal Astronomical Society (1985–87) and received numerous awards for his work, including the inaugural Kavli Prize for Astrophysics.
He worked at the University of Cambridge for his entire career, where he was the first director of its Institute of Astronomy.