Ian Glass

Ian Glass

Associate Research Astronomer, South African Astronomical Observatory

Glass was educated at Trinity College Dublin where he was a Foundation Scholar. He obtained his B.A. with first class honours in 1961 and was awarded the Hackett Prize for first place in Natural Sciences. He received his PhD in Physics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1968 for work in x-ray astronomy under George W. Clark.

Articles by: Ian Glass

The Southern African Large Telescope has been a key part of South Africa’s astronomical contributions.

South African astronomy has a long, rich history of discovery — and a promising future

By Ian Glass published

The South African Astronomical Observatory in Cape Town is the oldest permanent observatory in the southern hemisphere: it turned 200 in 2020.

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