Steven Gregory Rawlings (11 October 1961 – 11 January 2012) was a British astrophysicist at the University of Oxford, where he held a professorship in astrophysics and a fellowship at St Peter's College. He studied physics and theoretical physics at St John's College, Cambridge and received his PhD in radio astronomy in 1988. He was one of the lead scientists in the Square Kilometre Array project.[1]
Steven Rawlings | |
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 At the SKADS Conference in Limelette, Belgium, 4 November 2009 | |
| Born | 11 October 1961 |
| Died | 11 January 2012 (aged 50) |
| Alma mater | St. John's College, Cambridge (B.A., PhD) |
On 11 January 2012, Rawlings died at the Southmoor home of close friend and colleague Dr Devinder Sivia, a lecturer in mathematics for the sciences at St John's College.[2][3] Sivia said that Rawlings, who had been receiving treatment for unspecified mental health issues, began to physically attack him, and Sivia held him in a headlock to restrain him; Rawlings died from a heart attack shortly thereafter. The coroner recorded a verdict of accidental death.[4][5] Sivia and Rawlings co-wrote the book Foundations of Science Mathematics, published in 1999 by Oxford University Press.[6]
On 27 August 2013, the LOFAR radio telescope station at Chilbolton Observatory was named The Rawlings Array in his honour.[7]
References
edit- ^ Mark Damazer (12 January 2012). "Professor Steve Rawlings". St Peter's College, Oxford. Archived from the original on 16 January 2012. Retrieved 16 January 2012.
- ^ John F. Burns (13 January 2012). "Death of Oxford Astrophysicist Evokes Echoes of a TV Drama for the British". The New York Times.
- ^ Caroline Davies; Robert Booth & Jeevan Vasagar (13 January 2012). "Oxford professor Steven Rawlings's wife says his death was 'tragic accident'". The Guardian. Retrieved 15 January 2012.
- ^ "Fatal heart attack as Oxford dons grapple". Evening Standard. 28 November 2012. Retrieved 3 February 2022.
- ^ "Oxford University's Steven Rawlings 'died after headlock'". BBC News. 28 November 2012. Retrieved 29 November 2012.
- ^ Foundations of Science Mathematics. Oxford University Press catalogue entry.
- ^ The Rawlings Array. Report 27 August 2013