Kenneth Pounds#
| Membership Number: | 207 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | EARTH & COSMIC SCIENCES |
| Elected: | 1989 |
| Main Country of Residence: | UNITED KINGDOM |
| Homepage(s): | https://www2.le.ac.uk/departments/physics/people/kenpounds |
Present and Previous Positions
- Emeritus photoProfessor of Space Physics, University of Leicester
- 1974 Director of the X-ray Astronomy group
- 1967 Deputy Director of Space Research
- 1960 Assistant Lecturer, University of Leicester
Fields of Scholarship
- Active galaxies
Honours and Awards
- 1981 Fellow of the Royal Society
- 1984 Apointted CBE in 1984
- 5 honorary doctorates
- The asteroid 4281 Pounds, discovered by Edward Bowell in 1985, was named in his honour. The official naming citation was published by the Minor Planet Center on 4 October 1990.
