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Author photo. Photograph by Mike Peel (www.mikepeel.net), 19 July 2009.

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Colin Pillinger (1943–2014)

Author of Beagle: From Darwin's Epic Voyage to the British Mission to Mars

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Colin Pillinger is Head of the Planetary and Space Sciences Research Institute at the Open University. — biography from Beagle: From Darwin's Epic Voyage to the British Mission to Mars
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Journey into Space (Foreword, some editions) 39 copies, 4 reviews
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Canonical name
Pillinger, Colin
Legal name
Pillinger, Colin Trevor
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Date of birth
1943-05-09
Date of death
2014-05-07
Burial location
Gender
male
Nationality
UK
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Birthplace
Kingswood, Bristol, England
Place of death
Cambridge, England
Cause of death
Places of residence
Education
Kingswood grammar school
Swansea University (PhD)
Cambridge University (research fellow)
Occupations
planetary scientist
professor
Relationships
Agents
Organizations
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Apollo programme)
European Space Agency
British National Space Centre
Open University (professor of planetary science ∙ 1984)
Awards and honors
Royal Society (fellow | 1993)
CBE (2003)
Royal Society's (Faraday medal | 2012)
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