Gender: Male Race or Ethnicity: White Sexual orientation: Straight Occupation:Astronomer, Physicist Party Affiliation: See Note [1]
Nationality: Ireland Executive summary: Atmospheric and interstellar physics
Sir David Bates studied upper atmospheric physics, the chemistry of interstellar clouds, and theoretical atomic and molecular physics, laying the groundwork for the science now sometimes called aeronomy. A life-long peace activist in Ireland, he was co-founder of the non-sectarian Alliance Party of Northern Ireland. He is the namesake of two honors given for high scientific achievement: the European Geophysical Society's Bates Medal for astronomy, and the Institute of Physics' Bates Prize for atomic, molecular, optical and plasma physics.
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