Editing Martin Rees (section)

{{Short description|British cosmologist and astrophysicist (born 1942)}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
| honorific-prefix    = [[The Right Honourable]]
| name                = The Lord Rees of Ludlow
| honorific-suffix    = {{postnominals|country=GBR|size=100|OM|FRS|HonFREng|FMedSci|FRAS|HonFInstP}}
| image               = Official portrait of Lord Rees of Ludlow crop 2.jpg
| caption             = Official portrait, 2019
| title               = [[President of the Royal Society]]
| order               = 60th
| term_start          = 2005
| term_end            = 2010
| predecessor         = [[Robert May, Baron May of Oxford|The Lord May of Oxford]]
| successor           = [[Paul Nurse]]
| title2              = [[President of the Royal Astronomical Society]]
| order2              = 78th
| term_start2         = 1992
| term_end2           = 1994
| predecessor2        = [[Ken Pounds]]
| successor2          = [[Carole Jordan]]
| title3              = [[Master of Trinity College, Cambridge]]
| order3              = 39th
| term_start3         = 2004
| term_end3           = 2012
| predecessor3        = [[Amartya Sen]]
| successor3          = [[Sir Gregory Winter]]
| title4              = [[Member of the House of Lords]]<br />[[Lord Temporal]]
| term_start4         = 6 September 2005<br />[[Life Peerage]]
| term_end4           = 
| birth_date          = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1942|6|23}}
| birth_place         = [[York]], England
| death_date          = 
| death_place         = 
| party               = None ([[crossbencher]])
| spouse              = {{marriage|Dame [[Caroline Humphrey]], Lady Rees|1986}}<ref name="whoswho"/>
| website             = {{URL|http://www.ast.cam.ac.uk/~mjr/}}
| module              = {{Infobox scientist
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| field             = [[Astronomy]]<br />[[Astrophysics]]
| work_institution  = [[University of Cambridge]]<br />[[University of Sussex]]
| education         = [[Shrewsbury School]]<ref name="whoswho"/>
| alma_mater        = [[Trinity College, Cambridge]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]], PhD)
| thesis_title      = Physical processes in radio sources and inter-galactic medium
| thesis_year       = 1967
| thesis_url        = https://web.archive.org/web/20180613184309/https://copac.jisc.ac.uk/id/6118741?style=html
| doctoral_advisor  = [[Dennis Sciama]]<ref name=mathgene>{{MathGenealogy|id=78460}}</ref>
| doctoral_students = {{Plainlist|
* [[Roger Blandford]]<ref name=mathgene/><ref name=blandphd>{{cite thesis|degree=PhD|publisher=University of Cambridge|title=Electrodynamics and astrophysical applications of strong waves|first=Roger David|last=Blandford|date=1973|url=http://ulmss-newton.lib.cam.ac.uk/vwebv/holdingsInfo?bibId=6228|id={{EThOS|uk.bl.ethos.450028}}|website=lib.cam.ac.uk|oclc=500386171|access-date=11 December 2017|archive-date=27 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190427084213/https://ulmss-newton.lib.cam.ac.uk/vwebv/holdingsInfo%3fbibId=6228|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* [[Craig Hogan]]<ref name=Hogan1>{{cite thesis|degree=PhD|publisher=University of Cambridge|title=Pre galactic history|first=Craig James|last=Hogan|date=1980|id={{EThOS|uk.bl.ethos.258089}}}}</ref><ref name=Hogan2>{{cite web|last=Hogan|first=Craig James|title=Curriculum vitae|url=https://www.nsf.gov/mps/ast/aaac/members/2013-14_bios/hogan.pdf|access-date=19 February 2018}}</ref>
* [[Priyamvada Natarajan]]<ref name="Yale CampusPress">{{cite web |title=CURRICULUM VITAE: Priyamvada Natarajan |url=https://campuspress.yale.edu/priya/cv/cv2/ |work=Yale CampusPress |publisher=[[Yale University]] |access-date=27 August 2020}}</ref> 
* [[James E. Pringle]]<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://www.genealogy.math.ndsu.nodak.edu/id.php?id=78460 | title=Martin Rees – the Mathematics Genealogy Project}}</ref>
* [[Nick Kaiser]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ifa.hawaii.edu/~kaiser/biblio/cv.pdf|title=Curriculum Vitae – Nicholas Kaiser|website=ifa.hawaii.edu|access-date=13 September 2019|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050217143424/http://www.ifa.hawaii.edu/~kaiser/biblio/cv.pdf|archive-date=17 February 2005}}</ref>}} 
| known_for         = [[Rees–Sciama effect]]<br>[[Hydrogen line|21-cm cosmology]]<br>Coining [[particle chauvinism]]
| prizes            = [[Dannie Heineman Prize for Astrophysics]] (1984)<br />[[Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society]] (1987)<br />[[Balzan Prize]] (1989)<br />[[The Franklin Institute Awards|Bower Award]] (1998)<br />[[Gruber Prize in Cosmology]] (2001)<br /> [[Albert Einstein World Award of Science]] (2003)<br />[[Michael Faraday Prize]] (2004)<br />[[Crafoord Prize]] (2005)<br />[[Order of Merit]] (2007)<br />[[Templeton Prize]] (2011)<br />[[Isaac Newton Medal]] (2012)<br />[[Dalton Medal]] (2012)<br />[[HonFREng]]<ref name="List of Fellows">{{cite web|title=List of Fellows|url=http://www.raeng.org.uk/about-us/people-council-committees/the-fellowship/list-of-fellows|website=raeng.org.uk|access-date=29 October 2014|archive-date=8 June 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160608094405/http://www.raeng.org.uk/about-us/people-council-committees/the-fellowship/list-of-fellows|url-status=dead}}</ref> (2007)<br />[[Nierenberg Prize]] (2015)<br />[[Fritz Zwicky Prize for Astrophysics and Cosmology|Fritz Zwicky Prize]] (2020)<br /> [[Copley Medal]] (2023)<br />[[Wolf Prize in Physics]] (2024)}}
| module2             = {{Listen|pos=center|embed=yes|filename=Martin Rees BBC Radio4 The Reith Lectures 22 June 2010 b00srktg.flac|title={{center|Martin Rees' voice}}|type=speech|description={{center|[[:File:Martin Rees BBC Radio4 The Reith Lectures 22 June 2010 b00srktg.flac|Recorded June 2010]] from the BBC Radio 4 programme the [[Reith Lectures]]}}}}
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'''Martin John Rees, Baron Rees of Ludlow''',<!-- {{postnominals|country=GBR|sep=,|size=100%|OM|FRS|HonFREng|FMedSci|FRAS|HonFInstP}}<ref name=frs>{{cite web|url=https://royalsociety.org/people/martin-rees-12156/|author=Anon|year=2015|website=royalsociety|publisher=[[Royal Society]]|title=The Lord Rees of Ludlow OM Kt HonFREng FRS|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151117024550/https://royalsociety.org/people/martin-rees-12156/|archive-date=17 November 2015}} One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from the royalsociety.org website where: {{quote|"All text published under the heading 'Biography' on Fellow profile pages is available under [[Creative Commons license|Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License]]." --{{cite web |url=https://royalsociety.org/about-us/terms-conditions-policies/ |title=Royal Society Terms, conditions and policies |access-date=9 March 2016 |url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161111170346/https://royalsociety.org/about-us/terms-conditions-policies/ |archive-date=11 November 2016}}}}</ref><ref name="List of Fellows">{{cite web|title=List of Fellows|url=http://www.raeng.org.uk/about-us/people-council-committees/the-fellowship/list-of-fellows|website=raeng.org.uk|access-date=29 October 2014|archive-date=8 June 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160608094405/http://www.raeng.org.uk/about-us/people-council-committees/the-fellowship/list-of-fellows|url-status=dead}}</ref> <!--Please do not change this to "PRS" -- this post-nominal is not used except internally within the Royal Society --> (born 23 June 1942) is a British [[physical cosmology|cosmologist]] and [[astrophysics|astrophysicist]].<ref name="Rees2022">{{cite journal |last1=Rees |first1=Martin J. |title=Cosmology and High-Energy Astrophysics: A 50-Year Perspective on Personalities, Progress, and Prospects |journal=Annual Review of Astronomy and Astrophysics |date=18 August 2022 |volume=60 |issue=1 |pages=1–30 |doi=10.1146/annurev-astro-111021-084639 |bibcode=2022ARA&A..60....1R |s2cid=248066390 |url=https://www.annualreviews.org/doi/full/10.1146/annurev-astro-111021-084639 |access-date=19 August 2022 |language=en |issn=0066-4146|url-access=subscription }}</ref> He is the fifteenth [[Astronomer Royal]], appointed in 1995,<ref>{{cite web|title=Portraits of Astronomers Royal|url=http://www.rmg.co.uk/explore/astronomy-and-time/astronomy-facts/history/portraits-of-the-astronomers-royal|website=rmg.co.uk|publisher=Royal Museums Greenwich|access-date=18 February 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150104225904/http://www.rmg.co.uk/explore/astronomy-and-time/astronomy-facts/history/portraits-of-the-astronomers-royal|archive-date=4 January 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.royal.gov.uk/TheRoyalHousehold/OfficialRoyalposts/AstronomerRoyal.aspx| title = Astronomer Royal| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160308012357/http://www.royal.gov.uk/TheRoyalHousehold/OfficialRoyalposts/AstronomerRoyal.aspx| archive-date = 8 March 2016| website = [[Monarchy of the United Kingdom|The British Monarchy]]| publisher = [[Royal Households of the United Kingdom|Royal Household]] | url-status = dead| access-date = 23 June 2017}}</ref> and was [[Master (college)|Master]] of [[Trinity College, Cambridge]], from 2004 to 2012 and [[President of the Royal Society]] between 2005 and 2010.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.charlierose.com/guest/view/1729|website=charlierose.com|title=Interviews with Charlie Rose, 2003 and 2008|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100128020501/http://www.charlierose.com/guest/view/1729|archive-date=28 January 2010}} accessed 31 August 2014</ref><ref>{{cite web |author=Anon |year=2010 |title=New Statesman Interviews Martin Rees |url=http://www.newstatesman.com/ideas/2010/04/interview-science-climate |website=[[New Statesman]] |publisher=}} accessed 31 August 2014</ref> He has received various physics awards including the [[Wolf Prize in Physics]] in 2024 for fundamental contributions to high-energy astrophysics, galaxies and structure formation, and cosmology.