Professor F. Richard Stephenson (born 1941) is an Emeritus

Emeritus

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 Professor at the Physics

Physics

Physics is a natural science that involves the study of matter and its motion through spacetime, along with related concepts such as energy and force. More broadly, it is the general analysis of nature, conducted in order to understand how the universe behaves.Physics is one of the oldest academic...

 department and East Asian Studies department at the University of Durham

Durham University

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. His research concentrates on historical aspects of astronomy

Astronomy

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, for example analysing ancient astronomical records. He has an asteroid

Asteroid

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 (10979 Fristephenson

10979 Fristephenson

10979 Fristephenson is a small main belt asteroid named for F. Richard Stephenson, a British astronomer at the University of Durham.It was discovered on September 29, 1973 by Cornelis Johannes van Houten and Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld at Leiden University, analysing photographs made by Tom...

) named after him. His most famous book is Historical Eclipses and Earth's Rotation (Cambridge University Press, 1997, ISBN 0-521-46194-4).

External links

• Profile from the Durham University Department of Physics.
• Research abstract from the Durham University East Asian Studies Department.