Heather Couper
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| Gender | Female |
|---|---|
| Death | 3 years ago |
| Date of birth | June 2,1949 |
| Zodiac sign | Gemini |
| Born | Wallasey |
| United Kingdom | |
| Residence | United Kingdom |
| Field | Astronomy |
| Job | Astronomer |
| Education | University of Oxford |
| Haydon School | |
| Linacre College | |
| Died | Stoke Mandeville Hospital |
| Aylesbury | |
| United Kingdom | |
| Date of died | February 19,2020 |
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| Date of Upd. | |
| ID | 547310 |
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Heather Couper Life story
Heather Anita Couper, CBE FInstP FRAS was a British astronomer, broadcaster and science populariser. After studying astrophysics at the University of Leicester and researching clusters of galaxies at Oxford University, Couper was appointed senior planetarium lecturer at the Royal Observatory, Greenwich.
Heather Couper: the transmitter and astronomer dies at 70
Dr. Couper was The First female President of The British Astronomical Association
broadcaster and astronomer Heather Couper has died at the age of 70 years.
Dr. Couper appeared on the BBC's Blue Peter and The Sky At Night programs, as well as the presentation and production of acclaimed science documentaries.
And she hosted radio series including the BBC World Service's perennial star and BBC Radio 4 ' s Cosmic Quest , and star watch.
said to her Best Friend and business partner, Nigel Henbest , she had died on Wednesday after a short illness.
she was tables a "charisma. and passionate science communicators," he said.
"she's got people really excited about The Universe and about the room - That is your love, your passion in Life . "
she was a regular-TV-and-radio from the 1980sBorn in 1949, she fell in love with astronomy as a child and remembered A Day in the year 1968, when she realized astronomy had not only "for the chaotic old men in tweed jackets, not more".
she went home and wrote in her diary: "I would like to know how to help. I would like to make known and to make known the science. "
So she left her management trainee job at Top Shop to a research assistant at The Institute of Astronomy in Cambridge.
her Big Break came to appear as she was asked, as a guest of Sir Patrick Moore The sky at night.
Sir Patrick later recalled: "of course, she wrote me when she was a little girl and said, 'is there a future for me in astronomy?' And I said, 'of course, there is. "And I tried to give her a hand. "
Astronaut applicationshe is also the 1981 ITV children's series, heaven, in 1984, was The First female President of The British Astronomical Association.
Four years later, she co-founded a film and TV production, then, in 1993, took The Chair of astronomy at Gresham College, a post which Wren previously owned by Sir Isaac Newton , and Sir Christopher.
you and Dr Henbest, co-wrote dozens of books, as well as the monthly astronomy column for The Independent , The Last of which was released on 6. February.
The couple even applied to be The First British astronaut, Dr. Couper told The Guardian in the year 1993, but were discarded quickly.
"you wanted someone who is technologically on The Ball , somebody said, would know which buttons to press in case of emergency," She Said .
"If something is blown up, I would think, 'Oh, Christ! Which wire goes where?'"
astronomy, television
Source of news: bbc.com
