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Turner, Barry Earl was born on September 8, 1936 in Victoria, B.C., Canada.
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Barry Earl Turner
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Barry Earl Turner, Canadian Radio astronomer. Research in theoretical and observational studies of interstellar molecules, interstellar chemistry, physics of the interstellar medium. Recipient Laurels award Space Missiles Aviation Week & Space Technology, 1991. Member International Astronomical Union, American Astronomical Society, Union Radio Science International.
Education
Bachelor of Science, U. B.C., 1959; Master of Science, 1962; Doctor of Philosophy in Astronomy, University of California, Berkeley, 1967.
Career
Research official electrical engineer, National Research Council Canada, 1962-1964; from research associate radio astronomer to associate scientist, 1967-1974; scientist, National Radio Astronomical Observ., since 1974. Member site review team Space Telescope Association U., Inc., 1980, National Science Foundation, 1981;titulaire, chairman visiting committee Observ. Paris, 1981.
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Member International Astronomical Union, American Astronomical Society, Union Radio Science International.
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Married, 1962.
