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Donald Blackwell

British astronomer (1921-2010)
Person Human Q5294041

Facts

16 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[13]
Date of birth
May 27, 1921[5]
Date of death
December 3, 2010
Place of birth
London
Country of citizenship
United Kingdom[6]
Occupation
astronomer
Field of work
astronomy[8]
Position held
President of the Royal Astronomical Society (1973–1975)[9]
Educated at
Sidney Sussex College, University of Cambridge[10][11]
Doctoral student
Michael Ingham, Richard Ellis, David L. Lambert, David Emerson, Sandy Leggett[14][15][16][17][18]
Languages spoken, written or signed
English[22]
Family name
Blackwell[19]
Given name
Donald, Eustace[20][21]
Member of
International Astronomical Union[12]
Native language
English[7]
🏷️ Also known as
en Donald Blackwell en Donald Eustace Blackwell ru Блэкуэлл, Дональд ru Дональд Блэкуэлл
🔖 Identifiers · 15
ISNI
0000000398184604
VIAF cluster ID
211567815
GND ID
1053074921
Academic Tree ID
464098
AstroGen ID
33978
Canadiana Name Authority ID
ncf10276923
Freebase ID
/m/0j_6fsm
IAU member ID
30129
IdRef ID
240135881
Mathematics Genealogy Project ID
221533
NUKAT ID
n2019017346
National Library of Poland MMS ID
9810543181305606
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Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID
09761226X
Prabook ID
645106
RERO ID (legacy)
A003011261

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Summary

Donald Blackwell was born on May 27, 1921[1], in London[2]. He died on December 3, 2010[3]. He worked as an astronomer[4].

FAQs

Where was Donald Blackwell born?

Donald Blackwell's place of birth was London[2].

What did Donald Blackwell do for work?

Donald Blackwell worked as an astronomer[4].

Where did Donald Blackwell go to school?

Donald Blackwell was educated at Sidney Sussex College[10] and University of Cambridge[11].

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [13] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [11] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [4] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [14] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  11. [15] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  12. [16] ↑ . The Academic Family Tree. wikidata.org.
  13. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [12] ↑ . www.iau.org. wikidata.org.
  16. [1] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [5] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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  1. 17w ago · Simon Villeneuve · 2026-07-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    IAU member ID → 30129
    "Created claim: IAU member ID: 30129, Matched to Donald Blackwell (#291502185) in IAU member #mi"
  2. 25w ago · KrBot bot · 2026-05-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikidata description → British astronomer (1921-2010)
    Occupation → astronomer
    Date of birth → May 27, 1921, 1921
    Mathematics Genealogy Project ID → 221533
    + 25 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "Changed reference: Doctoral student: David Emerson, см. / see autofix на / on P4536"
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