Malcolm Longair, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Malcolm Longair

British astronomer

Date of Birth: 18-May-1941

Place of Birth: Dundee, Scotland, United Kingdom

Profession: astronomer, physicist, university teacher

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Taurus

Malcolm Sim Longair (born 18 May 1941) is a British physicist.
From 1991 to 2008 he was the Jacksonian Professor of Natural Philosophy in the Cavendish Laboratory at the University of Cambridge.
Since 2016 he has been editor-in-chief of the Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society.