| Franz Kahn | |
| Birth Place: | Nuremberg, Germany |
| Birth Name: | Franz Daniel Kahn |
| Resting Place: | Manchester |
| Birth Date: | 1926 5, df=yes |
| Workplaces: | University of Manchester |
| Fields: | Astrophysics |
| Education: | St Paul's School, London |
| Alma Mater: | University of Oxford (BA, DPhil) |
| Thesis Title: | Some problems concerning the luminosity and other properties of the upper atmosphere |
| Thesis Url: | http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.672862 |
| Doctoral Advisor: | Sydney Chapman |
| Spouse: | [1] |
Franz Daniel Kahn (1926–1998) was a mathematician and astrophysicist at the University of Manchester.[2] [3] [4] He was Professor of Astronomy from 1966 to 1993, then Emeritus thereafter in the School of Physics and Astronomy.
Kahn was educated at St Paul's School, London from 1940 to 1944,[2] after which he secured an open scholarship to The Queen's College, Oxford.[2] After graduating with first-class honours in mathematics in 1947 he moved to Balliol College, Oxford in 1948 as a Skynner senior student.[2] He was awarded a Doctor of Philosophy degree in 1950 for research supervised by Sydney Chapman on the luminosity of the upper atmosphere.[5]
According to his certificate of election as a Fellow of the Royal Society:
Kahn was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS) in 1993.[6] He was also a Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society (FRAS).[7] In 1991 the International Astronomers Union named the asteroid Kahnia after him.[6]
Kahn married Carla Copeland (Carla Kahn) in 1951[1] and had four children. Kahn died of a heart attack in Bourne End, Buckinghamshire, on 8 February 1998 and was buried in the Jewish cemetery in south Manchester.[7] He was survived by his four children.[7] [8]