Roderick Oliver Redman
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Roderick Oliver Redman (b. 1905, d. 1975) was Professor of Astronomy at Cambridge University. He was director of the University of Cambridge Observatories 1947- 1972. He had started his career at the Dominion Astrophysical Observatory (DAO) in Victoria, British Columbia 1928-31. and was Chief Assistant at the Oxford University Radcliffe Observatory outside Pretoria, South Africa, from 1939-1947. [1]Among his doctoral students were John Hutchings, Colin Scarfe, and Gordon Walker. . He received his PhD under the direction of Arthur Stanley Eddington in 1931. [2]
The asteroid 1993 PE (7886 Redman)has been named for him jointly with the astronomer Russell Ormond Redman, no relation except for their shared initials and the fact that both worked at the DAO during significant parts of their careers.
