Matthew Caterham News Today : Breaking News, Live Updates & Top Stories | Vimarsana

Matthew Hepburn obituary
Matthew Hepburn was a librarian at the Polytechnic of North London, where he kept alive its Astronomy Forum
Matthew Hepburn was a librarian at the Polytechnic of North London, where he kept alive its Astronomy Forum
SamanthaHarding
Wed 13 Jan 2021 10.54 EST
Last modified on Wed 13 Jan 2021 10.57 EST
My friend Matthew Hepburn, who has died aged 81, was the driving force behind the Polytechnic of North London Astronomy Forum, which in its heyday attracted star speakers such as Jocelyn Bell Burnell and Monica Grady.
Matthew was born in Caterham in Surrey, the youngest of three children of Jack Hepburn, who was the principal of Kingston Polytechnic in south-west London, and his wife, Edgitha (nee Knowles). He was academically precocious at Caterham school, winning a scholarship to Queens’ College, Cambridge, from where he graduated in natural sciences in 1961. ....

City Of , United Kingdom , Tony Corbett , Matthew Hepburn , Jack Hepburn , Piers Corbyn , Patrick Moore , Monica Grady , Matthew Caterham , Jocelyn Bell Burnell , Northern Polytechnic School , Camden Irish Centre , London Metropolitan University , Haringey Astronomical Society , Gastronomy Forum , Polytechnic Of North London Astronomy Forum , Queen College , North London Astronomy Forum , Kingston Polytechnic , North London , Holloway Road , நகரம் ஆஃப் , ஒன்றுபட்டது கிஂக்டம் , டோனி கார்பெட் , மேத்யூ ஹெப்பர்ன் , பலா ஹெப்பர்ன் ,