Nationality: BritishClaim to Fame: Cosmic microwave background radiation, quasars, Astronomer Royal, President of Royal SocietyInstitutions: Trinity College, Cambridge, University of SussexSignificant Awards:

Balzan Prize (1989), Bower Award (1998), Gruber Prize in Cosmology (2001), Michael Faraday Prize (2004), Crafoord Prize (2005), Order of Merit (2007), Templeton Prize (2011), Isaac Newton Medal (2012)