Background
Sargent, Wallace Leslie William was born on February 15, 1935 in Elsham, England. Naturalized, 2004. Son of Leslie William and Eleanor (Denniss) Sargent.
Sargent, Wallace Leslie William was born on February 15, 1935 in Elsham, England. Naturalized, 2004. Son of Leslie William and Eleanor (Denniss) Sargent.
Bachelor of Science, Manchester University, 1956. Master of Science, Manchester University, 1957. Doctor of Philosophy, Manchester University, 1959.
Research fellow, California Institute Technology, Pasadena, 1959-1962;
senior research fellow, Royal Greenwich Observatory, 1962-1964;
assistant professor physics, University of California, San Diego, 1964-1966;
member of faculty department astronomy, California Institute Technology, since 1966;
professor, California Institute Technology, 1971-1981;
Ira S. Bowen professor astronomy, California Institute Technology, since 1981;
director Palomar Observatory, California Institute Technology, since 1997. Miller Professor University of California, Berkeley, 1993. Thomas Gold lecturer Cornell Univercity, Ithaca, New York, 1994-1995.
Sackler lecturer Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts,1995, University of California, Berkeley, 1996.
Fellow American Academy Arts and Sciences, National Academy of Sciences, Royal Society (London). Mem American Astronomical Society (vice president 2004-2007, Helen B. Warner prize 1969, Dannie Heineman prize 1991, Henry Norris Russell Lectureship, 2001), Royal Astronomical Society (George Darwin lecturer 1987, associate 1998), Astronomical Society Pacific (Bruce Gold medal 1994), International Astronomical Union. Clubs: Athenaeum (Pasadena).
Married Anneila Isabel Cassells, August 5, 1964. Children: Lindsay Eleanor, Alison Clare.