John Hearnshaw

John Bernard Hearnshaw MNZM FRSNZ (born 16 March 1946)^[1] is a New Zealand astronomer who is emeritus professor of astronomy at the University of Canterbury.^[2][3] He served as director of the Mt John University Observatory at the University of Canterbury from 1976 to 2008. He is a member of the International Astronomical Union and was president of its Commission 30 (on radial velocities) from 1997 to 2000. He is a fellow of the Royal Society of New Zealand and the Royal Astronomical Society of New Zealand. He was appointed a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to astronomy, in the 2017 Queen's Birthday Honours.^[1][4][5] The minor planet 5207 Hearnshaw is named after him.^[6]

John Hearnshaw MNZM FRSNZ
Hearnshaw in 2018
Born	John Bernard Hearnshaw (1946-03-16) 16 March 1946 (age 79) Wellington, New Zealand
Education	Trinity College, Cambridge University of Cambridge Australian National University University of Canterbury
Awards	Humboldt Fellowship (1981–82) Murray Geddes Prize from the Royal Astronomical Society of New Zealand (1986)
Scientific career
Fields	Astronomy
Institutions	University of Canterbury
Doctoral students	Rebecca Priestley

Notable students of Hearnshaw include Rebecca Priestley.^[7]