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Beatrice Tinsley

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Gender Female
Death43 years ago
Date of birth January 27,1941
Zodiac sign Aquarius
Born Chester
United Kingdom
Date of died March 23,1981
DiedNew Haven
Connecticut
United States
Known forGalaxy formation and evolution
Evolution of galaxies
Current partner Brian Tinsley
Parents Edward Hill
Awards Annie Jump Cannon Award in Astronomy
Education The University of Texas at Austin
University of Canterbury
New Plymouth Girls' High School
NationalityAmerican
New Zealand
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Beatrice Muriel Hill Tinsley was a British-born New Zealand astronomer and cosmologist, and the first female professor of astronomy at Yale University, whose research made fundamental contributions to the astronomical understanding of how galaxies evolve, grow and die.

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