Background
Birkinshaw, Mark was born on December 4, 1954 in London. Son of Eric and Betty Ann (Sills) Birkinshaw.
Birkinshaw, Mark was born on December 4, 1954 in London. Son of Eric and Betty Ann (Sills) Birkinshaw.
Bachelor, Cambridge U., 1976; Doctor of Philosophy, Cambridge U., 1980.
Research fellow, Miller Institute, University of California, Berkeley, 1979-1981; research fellow, Gonville & Caius College, Cambridge, 1980-1984; assistant professor, Harvard University, Cambridge, 1984-1989; associate professor, Harvard University, Cambridge, 1989-1992; astrophysicist, Smithsonian Institution Astrophysical Observation, Cambridge, since 1992; William P. Coldrick professor, U. Bristol, United Kingdom, since 1995.
Fellow Royal Astronomical Society. Member American Astronomical Society (Henri Chrétien award 1985), Institute of Physics.
Married Diana M. Worrall, June 16, 1984.