| Roger F. Griffin | |
| Birth Date: | 23 August 1935 |
| Death Date: | [1] |
| Fields: | Astronomy |
| Workplaces: | University of Cambridge, California Institute of Technology |
| Alma Mater: | University of Cambridge |
Roger Francis Griffin (23 August 1935 – 12 February 2021) was an astronomer and emeritus professor of Observational Astronomy at the University of Cambridge.[2] [3]
Griffin was raised in Surrey, and educated at Caterham School and St John's College, Cambridge, where he studied for a BA in Natural Sciences and a PhD in Astronomy. After receiving his doctorate he was a Research Fellow at St John's, and a Fellow there from 1972 until his death.[1] His most notable works are in the area of spectrography of stars.[4]
Griffin featured, along with Donald Lynden-Bell, Neville Woolf, and Wallace Sargent, in the 2015 documentary Star Men, which detailed their camaraderie and contributions to astronomy, and retraced their trip through the Southwestern United States.