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Emeritus Fellow receives award
Dr Michael Hoskin, Emeritus Fellow and formerly Vice Master and Senior
Tutor, has been elected to an Honorary Fellowship of the Royal
Astronomical Society. The Society recognises up to three people
annually in recognition of services to astronomical sciences or
specially outstanding distinguished work in the history of these
sciences. Dr Hoskin is primarily an historian of stellar astronomy.
Previously, the International Astronomical Union designated asteroid
12223 as 12223 Minor Planet HOSKIN in his honour.