Paul Murdin

<p>Paul Murdin was formerly astronomer at the Royal Greenwich Observatory and the Anglo Australian Observatory, head of operations at the Isaac Newton Group, La Palma, Director Royal Observatory, Edinburgh, Director of Science British National Space Centre, Head of Astronomy Particle Physics and Astronomy Research Council, UK, Treasurer Royal Astronomical Society. He is author/co-author/editor of about 200 refereed astronomical papers, and 25 books about astronomy. He has been awarded Officer of the Order of the British Empire in 1988.</p>